Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1The agency must ensure workers are trained/supervised by a qualified supervisor with at least two years of healthcare experience within the past five years or a current supervisory position with training completed within the past year. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71)(77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71)
• 2The agency must ensure training covers the required subject areas, including personal care tasks, infection control, emergency procedures, client confidentiality, and recognition/reporting of abuse and neglect. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71(c))(Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers)
• 3A placement agency must ensure a home services worker completes a minimum of eight hours of training prior to the worker's first assignment. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71(c))(Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers)
• 4The agency must ensure each home services worker completes a minimum of ten hours of training during each year of employment to remain eligible for assignment. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71(c))(Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers)
• 5A home services agency must provide a minimum of ten hours of training, with at least five hours completed before the first assignment and the remaining five within 30 days of the start of employment. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71(c))(Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers)
• 6The agency must not give a worker an assignment until the worker has first passed a competency evaluation given by the agency covering the training topics relevant to the worker's role. (77 Ill. Admin. Code § 245.71(c))(Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 245.71 - Qualifications and Requirements for Home Services Workers)