Home Health Aide Qualifications, Training, Competency, and In-Service
Sets out who may work as a home health aide for the Agency, the competency evaluation every aide passes before giving care, the content of any aide training program the Agency offers, aide orientation, and the 12 hours of in-service training each aide receives every calendar year (and, if the Agency is Medicare-certified, in each 12-month period).
About this policy
- Policy number
- LA-HH-AID-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- LAC 48:I §9103.C
- Library
- Louisiana home health · 57 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 19
In short
- You must pass our competency evaluation, done by an RN, before you give any care.
- Keep your nursing assistant certification current; we check the registry every month.
- You need at least 12 hours of in-service training every calendar year.
- If a skill is rated unsatisfactory, do it only with an RN present until you are retrained and pass again.
- Tell us if you also work for another agency.
What's inside
19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I §9103.C)
- 5. Qualifications
- 6. Competency Evaluation
- 7. Aide Training Program (Only If the Agency Offers One)
- 8. Orientation
- 9. Annual In-Service Training
- 10. Retraining After a Deficiency
- 11. Training Records
- 12. Responsibilities
- 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 14. Staff Training
- 15. References
- 16. Related Policies and Forms
- 17. Approval
- 18. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me this aide's nursing assistant certification or training program certificate, and the Agency's competency evaluation.
- Who performed the competency evaluation, and which skills were observed with a patient or pseudo-patient?
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