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12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training)

VirginiaregulationVirginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)· effective 2021-03-31

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The provider must ensure each personal assistant is at least 18 years of age and able to read and write English to the degree required to function in this capacity. (12VAC30-122-460 D.8)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))
  • 2The provider must ensure each personal assistant satisfies training through one of the approved pathways: registration with the Board of Nursing as a certified nurse aide, graduation from an approved educational curriculum listed by the Board of Nursing, or completion of the provider's educational curriculum as conducted by a licensed RN. (12VAC30-122-460 D.7.b)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))
  • 3The provider must ensure each personal assistant demonstrates a satisfactory work history with no evidence of possible abuse, neglect, or exploitation. (12VAC30-122-460 D.8)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))
  • 4The provider must ensure each personal assistant possesses a valid Social Security Number and receives a tuberculosis screening in accordance with Virginia Department of Health requirements. (12VAC30-122-460 D.8)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))
  • 5The provider must ensure that personal assistants employed by VDH-licensed personal assistance agencies complete an educational curriculum of at least 40 hours of study related to the needs of individuals who have disabilities before providing services. (12VAC30-122-460 D.7.b)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))
  • 6The provider must ensure that the RN who conducts or supervises the provider's educational curriculum has at least one year of related clinical nursing experience (which may include work in an acute care hospital, public health clinic, home health agency, ICF/IID, or nursing facility). (12VAC30-122-460 D.7.b.3)(12VAC30-122-460 - Personal Assistance Service (Personal Assistant Qualifications and Training))

Applies to: Home care / personal care - personal assistants providing personal assistance services under Virginia Medicaid HCBS waivers

Virginia Administrative Code 12VAC30-122-460 governs personal assistance service under Medicaid HCBS waivers and sets the training, competency, and minimum qualification standards that personal assistants (aides) must meet before providing services, including a 40-hour educational curriculum requirement for VDH-licensed agency assistants.

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