Advanced Personal Care Aide Training and Task Certification
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.
- Policy number
- MO-HC-TRN-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 13 CSR 70-91.010(5)(E)
- Library
- Missouri home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 20
In short
- 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.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- 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
An inspector may ask
- 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.
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