RELATES TO: KRS 216.710-216.716, 216.935-216.939,
Pub.L.
116-131
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 216.713 requires the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the submission and approval
process for training curriculum utilized by agencies that provide services to
individuals who exhibit symptoms of Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
This administrative regulation establishes the process for submitting curricula
for cabinet approval that will meet the minimum training requirements for
direct-care staff serving individuals exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer's or
other dementias.
Section 1.
Definitions.
(1) "Department" means the
Department for Aging and Independent Living or "DAIL".
(2) "Provider agency" means a home health
agency, personal services agency, or assisted-living community that employs,
directly or by contract, aides or other non-licensed personnel whose work
involves extensive contact with individuals who exhibit symptoms of Alzheimer's
disease or other dementias.
Section
2. Curriculum Approval. Curriculum approval shall be granted when
it meets the requirements of 216.713(1)-(3).
Section 3. Submission of Curriculum.
(1) All provider agencies shall submit to the
department the agency's proposed training curriculum:
(a) Upon development of the curriculum and
prior to implementation of the training;
(b) By notification of the standardized
curriculum being utilized and verifying the curriculum is being utilized in its
entirety without alterations; or
(c) If the training was in place prior to
July 15, 2021, the provider agency may continue to use the curriculum until the
curriculum is either:
1. Officially approved
by the department for permanent use; or
2. Determined not to meet the criteria for
approval by the department.
(2) Unaltered, standardized curricula used by
provider agencies, may be utilized prior to official approval by the department
if submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of this
section.
(3) The provider agency
may submit curriculum for review by:
(a) Mail
to the Department for Aging and Independent Living, Office of Dementia
Services, 275 E Main St. 3 E-E, Frankfort, Kentucky 40621;
(b) Hand delivered to the department;
or
(c) By electronic
submission.
