{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-03","title":"Administrator, Alternate Administrator and Supervising Nurse Qualifications and Training","category":"Governance","summary":"States who may be appointed Administrator, Alternate Administrator, supervising nurse and alternate supervising nurse of a Texas hospice, the conditions that bar a person, the 24 hours of initial training and 12 hours of yearly continuing education the administrators must complete, and how the Agency proves all of it.","inShort":["The Administrator and Alternate Administrator must meet state qualifications and be hospice employees.","Each must finish 8 hours of training before starting the job and 24 hours in the first 12 months.","After that, each must complete 12 hours of continuing education every 12 months.","The supervising nurse and alternate must be RNs with at least one year of RN experience in the last 36 months.","Keep every training certificate. Give it to the office so it can be filed."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.244","citations":["26 TAC §558.244","26 TAC §558.243(a), (c)","26 TAC §558.259","26 TAC §558.260","26 TAC §558.852(b)","26 TAC §558.218"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.100(b)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the qualifications of your Administrator and Alternate Administrator. Is each a hospice employee?","Show me the eight hours of training each administrator completed before designation, and the full 24 hours."],"forms":[{"ref":"TX-HSP-GOV-03-A","title":"Administrator and Alternate Administrator Training Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.244)","5. Qualifications and Conditions","5.1 Administrator and Alternate Administrator","5.2 Supervising nurse and alternate supervising nurse","6. Designation Procedure","7. Training Requirements","7.1 Initial training for a first-time administrator (26 TAC §558.259)","7.2 Continuing education (26 TAC §558.260)","7.3 Documentation","8. Responsibilities","9. Records and Compliance Monitoring","10. References","11. Related Policies and Forms","12. Approval","13. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-hospice","state":"Texas","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/staff-policy-acknowledgment/","h1":"Staff policy acknowledgment: how read-and-sign works in home care"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Hospice","legalName":"Sample Hospice, LLC","logo":null}}