26 Tex. Admin. Code § 558.404 - Standards for Personal Assistance Services Agencies

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1The agency must document competency in the employee file, including a 100% score on the written test, a completed skills checklist, and the trainee's accurate demonstration of the g-tube feeding. (26 TAC § 558.404)(26 TAC § 558.404)
• 2The agency must ensure that any training-and-competency program enabling an unlicensed person to perform g-tube feedings is taught by an RN, physician, physician assistant, or qualified trainer. (26 TAC § 558.404)(26 TAC § 558.404)
• 3The agency must ensure personal assistance services are performed only by an unlicensed person who is at least 18 years of age (or younger if a high school graduate or enrolled in a vocational program) and who has demonstrated competency to perform the assigned tasks. (26 TAC § 558.404)(26 TAC § 558.404)
• 4The agency must ensure each aide's supervisor is a licensed nurse or has completed two years of full-time study at an accredited college or university, with one year of full-time supervisory employment in a health care facility substitutable for each required year of college. (26 TAC § 558.404)(26 TAC § 558.404)
• 5The agency must ensure the g-tube training program covers g-tube placement, infection control procedures, reportable conditions, written procedures, contraindications, and a demonstration of a g-tube feeding. (26 TAC § 558.404)(26 TAC § 558.404)