{"ref":"MO-HC-TRN-01","title":"Advanced Personal Care Aide Training and Task Certification","category":"Human resources","summary":"If the Agency provides advanced personal care, every APC aide completes at least six hours of APC training in addition to basic orientation before performing any APC task, unless a waiver the rule allows applies; and every APC aide who is not a licensed nurse is personally observed performing each task, and certified in his or her personnel record, by the registered nurse or by an LPN or GN the registered nurse has certified, before performing it for a participant. This is the Agency's APC training plan, including its agenda, the waiver procedure and the competency certification.","inShort":["APC aides complete at least six hours of APC training before doing any APC task, unless the rule allows a waiver.","A nurse must watch you do each APC task successfully and sign for it before you do it for a participant.","A waiver of the six hours never replaces the nurse's task check.","Ask for help if the participant's equipment is different from what you trained on.","APC aides also complete five hours of in-service training every year."],"primaryCitation":"13 CSR 70-91.010(5)(E)","citations":["13 CSR 70-91.010(5)(E)1-6","13 CSR 70-91.010(6)(D)6","19 CSR 15-7.021(19)(D)","19 CSR 15-7.021(20)(B)","19 CSR 15-7.021(23)(C)","MO HealthNet Personal Care Provider Manual §§2.4, 2.7","MMAC In-Home Services Proposal for Contract, Section V items 2 and 4"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your APC training plan and the agenda with topic start and stop times.","Show me the certification for each APC task this aide performs, and who observed it."],"forms":[{"ref":"MO-HC-TRN-01-A","title":"APC Task Observation and Certification Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (13 CSR 70-91.010(5)(E))","5. Who May Train as an APC Aide","6. The Six-Hour APC Training","7. Waiving the Six Hours","8. Observation and Certification of Each Task","8.1 LPN and GN observers","8.2 Billing observation visits","9. Keeping Competence Current","10. APC Training Records","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"mo-hca","state":"Missouri","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/staff-policy-acknowledgment/","h1":"Staff policy acknowledgment: how read-and-sign works in home care"},{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}