Haw. Code R. § 17-1737-41 - State-approved feeding assistant training program

(a) A state-approved feeding assistant training program shall include a minimum of ten clock hours of training, provided by Medicaid or Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facilities, with a minimum of four clock hours of practical training directly supervised by a registered nurse licensed in Hawaii.

(b) A state-approved feeding assistant training program shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) Feeding techniques;

(2) Assistance with feeding and hydration;

(3) Communication and interpersonal skills;

(4) Appropriate responses to resident behavior;

(5) Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver;

(6) Infection control;

(7) Resident rights; and

(8) Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with their normal behavior and the importance of reporting those changes to the supervisory nurse.

(c) Individuals being trained must be at least eighteen years of age at the commencement of the feeding assistant training program.

(d) The Office of Health Care Assurance (the State survey agency), as part of the federally mandated surveys that it conducts of Medicaid or Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facilities in the State, determines whether the feeding assistance training program requirements established by the Medicaid agency are met by any such facility that operates a state-approved feeding assistant training program under this section.

(e) Proof of completion of a state-approved feeding assistant training program by a Medicaid or Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facility may be accepted as sufficient training for a feeding assistant to provide this service in a Medicaid or Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing facility in the State that did not provide the actual training.

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Haw. Code R. § 17-1737-41

[Eff 08/01/94; am 02/10/97; am] (Auth: HRS § 346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.10, 431.10, 483.1) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §§440.40, 483.1, 483.20, 483.30, 483.35, 483.160)