910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1The provider must not hire an individual as an attendant who has not submitted to the required background checks, who has pled guilty to or been convicted of a felony related to theft or drugs or a misdemeanor or felony related to sexual or violent offenses (including assault), or who is unable to understand and carry out a participant's instructions. (910 KAR 1:090 Section 8(2))(910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services)
• 2The attendant must participate in attendant training provided by the participant related to the participant's specific care needs, and, if applicable, dementia-care training established by 910 KAR 4:010. (910 KAR 1:090 Section 8(1)(h))(910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services)
• 3The program coordinator must meet minimum qualifications of a bachelor's degree plus two years' experience with the disability community, or 54 college semester hours plus four years' such experience. (910 KAR 1:090 Section 10(1))(910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services)
• 4The program coordinator must complete at least 16 hours of orientation training within 30 working days of hire and a minimum of 14 hours of initial program coordination training within the first six months of employment, plus quarterly follow-up trainings. (910 KAR 1:090 Section 10(3))(910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services)
• 5The attendant must authorize a qualified agency to obtain a criminal background check from the Kentucky National Background Check Program as defined in 906 KAR 1:190. (910 KAR 1:090 Section 8(1)(m))(910 KAR 1:090 - Personal care assistance services)