§ 16-27-4-16 — Evaluation and training

(a) The competency of an employee or agent
of a personal services agency who will perform attendant care services
at the client's residence must be evaluated by the agency or the agency's
designee for each attendant care services task that the personal services
agency chooses to have that employee or agent perform. The agency
has the sole discretion to determine if an employee or agent is
competent to perform an attendant care services task.
(b) After an evaluation, an employee or agent shall be trained in the
attendant care services tasks the personal services agency believes
require improvement. The employee or agent shall be reevaluated
following any training. The evaluation of the employee or agent and
determination by the agency that the employee or agent is competent
to perform the attendant care services task must occur before the
employee or agent performs that task for a client without direct agency
supervision.
(c) A personal services agency that offers lift services to clients
must train each employee or agent who provides those services on
general standards for operating a lift, and train the employee or agent
at the location where the client will need those services on the specific
instructions on how to safely operate the client's lift in accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions and manual. Lift services training is an
attendant care services task and each employee or agent must be
trained and evaluated in the same manner as required in subsections (a)
and (b).
(d) The content of the evaluation and training conducted under this
section, including the date and the signature of the person conducting
the evaluation and training, must be documented for each employee or
agent who performs personal services, including lift services.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.77-2021, SEC.4.