Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties)

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1An in-home personal services worker shall be at least eighteen years of age, have good moral character, and not have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year that is rationally related to fitness to act as such a worker (§ 71-6502(1)–(3)).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 2The agency shall maintain documentation of such criminal-history and driving-record checks in its records for inspection at its place of business (§ 71-6503).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 3An in-home personal services worker shall have no adverse findings on the Adult Protective Services Central Registry, the § 28-718 central registry, the Medication Aide Registry, the Nurse Aide Registry, or the sex offender registry maintained under § 29-4004 (§ 71-6502(4)).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 4An in-home personal services worker shall be able to speak/understand English or the language of the person served, and shall have training sufficient to provide the requisite level of in-home personal services offered (§ 71-6502(5)–(6)).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 5The agency shall perform or cause to be performed a criminal history record information check on each worker (§ 71-6503).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 6When driving is a service provided by the worker, the agency shall perform or cause to be performed a check of the worker's driving record as maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles or any other issuing state (§ 71-6503).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))
• 7An in-home personal services agency shall employ or contract with only persons who meet the worker requirements of § 71-6502 to provide in-home personal services (§ 71-6503).(Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6501 to 71-6503 — In-Home Personal Services Agency (definitions, worker qualifications, agency duties))