Licensure Verification, Continuing Education, Competency, and Impaired Personnel

Sets out how the Agency verifies the license or certification of every professional before employment and every year, confirms that staff are competent in each treatment and procedure before they perform it, makes sure the Administrator, clinical manager, professionals and aides complete the continuing education Louisiana requires, and refers impaired personnel to the proper authorities.

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About this policy

Policy number: LA-HH-HR-05
Version: 1.0
Main rule: LAC 48:I §9103.B.2
Library: Louisiana home health · 57 policies
Category: Human resources
Sections: 17

In short

We check your license with the Louisiana board before you start and every year.
If your license expires or is restricted, you cannot see patients and must tell us at once.
Do a procedure only after a qualified nurse or therapist has checked and documented your competency.
Aides need 12 hours of in-service training every calendar year.
If you think a coworker is impaired, tell the clinical manager right away.

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Terms of Reference
1. Purpose
2. Scope
3. Definitions
4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I §9103.B.2)
5. Verifying Licenses and Certifications
6. Expired, Restricted, or Disciplined Licenses
7. Competency Before Treatments and Procedures
8. Continuing Education and In-Service Training
9. Impaired Personnel
10. Responsibilities
11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
12. Staff Training
13. References
14. Related Policies and Forms
15. Approval
16. Revision History

An inspector may ask

Show me how you verified this nurse's license before hire and this year.
How do you make sure a nurse is competent in a procedure, such as venipuncture or wound care, before she performs it?

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Rules it follows

LAC 48:I §9103.B.2LAC 48:I §9103.A.3LAC 48:I §9103.B.2.cLAC 48:I §9103.B.2.fLAC 48:I §9103.B.3LAC 48:I §9103.C.8LAC 48:I §9103.D.1LAC 48:I §9103.D.2.fLAC 48:I §9103.K.1LAC 48:I §9103.K.3LAC 48:I §9115.B.1.pLAC 48:I §9119.A.6LAC 48:I §9119.A.742 CFR §484.100(b)42 CFR §484.115

Forms included

LA-HH-HR-05-A License Verification and Continuing Education Record

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