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In-Service Requirements for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides (DAL DHCBS 21-02)

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1Home health aides must complete the annual 12-hour in-service education requirement (10 NYCRR 763.13(l), 766.11(i), 794.3(k)(1); 42 CFR 484.76(d)).(In-Service Requirements for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides (DAL DHCBS 21-02))
  • 2Remote/off-site in-services must be conducted under the supervision of an RN with an opportunity for questions and validation that learning occurred.(In-Service Requirements for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides (DAL DHCBS 21-02))
  • 3The agency must document completion of each in-service in the aide's personnel file.(In-Service Requirements for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides (DAL DHCBS 21-02))
  • 4Personal care aides must complete 3 hours of in-service education on a semi-annual basis (18 NYCRR 505.14(e)(2)(ii)).(In-Service Requirements for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides (DAL DHCBS 21-02))

Applies to: personal care

Guidance restating PCA and HHA in-service training requirements and extending COVID-era enforcement discretion for those requirements.

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