Personnel Qualifications, License Verification and Competency
Lists the qualifications Missouri's hospice rule sets for each discipline (including the social worker, spiritual counselor, dietary counselor and hospice aide definitions), how licenses and credentials are verified before hire and kept current, the aide 24-month lapse rule, scope of practice, and competency.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MO-HSP-HR-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 19 CSR 30-35.010(1)(A)
- Library
- Missouri hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 16
In short
- You must meet Missouri's qualifications for your role, and your license is checked with the state board before you start.
- Keep your license current. If it lapses, you cannot see patients until it is renewed.
- Tell the Administrator within one business day if a licensing board takes any action against you.
- Work only within your scope of practice. Aides never give medications.
- An aide who has not worked as a paid aide for 24 months in a row must be trained and tested again.
What's inside
16 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (19 CSR 30-35.010(1)(A); 42 CFR §418.114)
- 5. Qualifications by Discipline
- 6. Verifying Qualifications
- 7. Scope of Practice and Delegation
- 8. Competency
- 9. Responsibilities
- 10. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 11. Staff Training
- 12. References
- 13. Related Policies and Forms
- 14. Approval
- 15. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the license verification for this nurse and when it was done.
- This social worker has a BSW. Who supervises the social worker, and does that person have an MSW?
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