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Home Health Aide and Certified Nursing Assistant Qualifications, Training, and Competency

Sets who may work as a home health aide or certified nursing assistant for the Agency: the documents the Agency must hold before the first visit, the 40-hour Florida training and its 16 subject areas, the AHCA Home Health Aide Competency Test, the rules for an aide course the Agency teaches itself, validation of training received elsewhere, the annual in-service and CPR duties, and the 75-hour training and competency evaluation required if the Agency is Medicare-certified.

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About this policy
Policy number
FL-HH-AID-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
Rule 59A-8.0095(5), F.A.C.
Library
Florida home health · 57 policies
Category
Clinical tasks
Sections
21

In short

  • You may not see patients until we have your CNA certificate, your 40-hour training record, or your passed Competency Test on file.
  • A registered nurse checks your skills in person before your first visit alone.
  • You need 2 hours of training, and must be able to read the label, before you help any patient with medications.
  • Complete your in-service training every calendar year and keep your CPR card current. Without CPR, you cannot work.

What's inside

21 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (Rule 59A-8.0095(5), F.A.C.)
  • 5. Ways to Qualify in Florida
  • 6. The 40-Hour Training
  • 7. Aide Course Taught by the Agency
  • 8. The Home Health Aide Competency Test
  • 9. Validating Competency Before Independent Work
  • 10. Assistance With Self-Administered Medication Training
  • 11. Annual In-Service Training, CPR, and HIV and AIDS Education
  • 12. Additional Standards if the Agency Is Medicare-Certified
  • 13. Truthful Training Records
  • 14. Responsibilities
  • 15. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 16. Staff Training
  • 17. References
  • 18. Related Policies and Forms
  • 19. Approval
  • 20. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me the training documentation or competency test result for this aide, dated before the aide's first visit.
  • Who teaches your aide course, and what are that nurse's qualifications?

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