Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-37-.13 - Human Resources
(1)
All persons providing services for a hospice must be qualified by education,
training, and experience to carry out all duties and responsibilities assigned
to them.
(2) All persons providing
services for a hospice must receive an orientation to the hospice to include,
but not be limited to:
(a) Hospice concepts
and philosophy;
(b) Patient rights
including abuse reporting requirements; and
(c) Hospice policies and procedures,
including, but not limited to, disaster preparedness, fire safety and emergency
evacuations, and reporting abuse and neglect.
(3) Where a patient does not have a
do-not-resuscitate order, the hospice must ensure that all persons providing
hands-on care directly to that patient on behalf of the licensed hospice have
current certification in basic cardiac life support (BCLS) or cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
(4) The hospice must
have an effective annual training and education program for all staff and
volunteers who provide hands-on care to patients that addresses at a minimum:
(a) Emerging trends in infection
control;
(b) Recognizing abuse and
neglect and reporting requirements;
(c) Patient rights; and
(d) Palliative care.
(5) The administrator and each staff member
and volunteer who has direct contact with patients or their family units must
receive an initial and annual health screening evaluation, performed by a
licensed health care professional in accordance with accepted standards of
practice, sufficient in scope to ensure that the staff and volunteers screened
are free of communicable and health diseases that pose potential risks to
patients, their family units, and other staff and volunteers.
(6) Human resource files must be maintained
for the following individuals delivering any services associated with the
written plan of care: each staff member, independent contractor, and volunteer.
The files must contain the person's application, employment history, emergency
contact information, evidence of qualifications, job description, evidence of
initial and annual health screening, yearly skills competency assessments,
evidence of verified licensure or certification, and criminal record check as
appropriate, and evidence of orientation, education, and training. These files
must be available for inspection by the appropriate enforcement authorities on
the premises.
(7) Where the hospice
contracts with a staffing agency to provide any services specified in a plan of
care, the written contract must require the contracting agency to verify
licensing credentials, where applicable, of contract workers to ensure that
such workers meet the same qualifications and licensure requirements as
specified for hospice employees providing such services directly. The hospice
must retain a copy of the contract.
(8) The hospice must comply with the Rules
and Regulations for Criminal Background Checks, Chapter 111-8-12, with respect
to direct access employees and maintain documentation of a satisfactory
fingerprint criminal record check determination in the individual's personnel
file.
Notes
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