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S.C. Code Regs. 61-122, Section 300 — Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers: Staff, Caregivers, and Training Requirements

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The provider must ensure caregivers are trained in documentation and recordkeeping procedures applicable to the services they deliver. (S.C. Code Regs. 61-122.300(D))(S.C. Code Regs. 61-122, Section 300 — Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers: Staff, Caregivers, and Training Requirements)
  • 2The provider must ensure that each caregiver receives or independently obtains the training necessary to perform the duties for which the caregiver is responsible before performing those duties. (S.C. Code Regs. 61-122.300(D))(S.C. Code Regs. 61-122, Section 300 — Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers: Staff, Caregivers, and Training Requirements)
  • 3The provider must ensure each caregiver is capable of completing assigned job duties and able to read, write, and communicate effectively with the client and supervisor. (S.C. Code Regs. 61-122.300(E))(S.C. Code Regs. 61-122, Section 300 — Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers: Staff, Caregivers, and Training Requirements)
  • 4The provider must ensure caregivers whose assigned duties include medication assistance are trained in medication assistance ('medication assistance, if applicable'). (S.C. Code Regs. 61-122.300(D)(2))(S.C. Code Regs. 61-122, Section 300 — Standards for Licensing In-Home Care Providers: Staff, Caregivers, and Training Requirements)

Applies to: personal care / in-home care

South Carolina Regulation 61-122 licenses In-Home Care Providers (the category covering personal care aides / companion-sitter staff). It contains no detailed medication-administration protocol; the sole medication provision is Section 300(D), which requires that caregivers receive or independently obtain training in "medication assistance, if applicable," as part of the general obligation to be trained for the duties they perform. Caregivers must also be competent to complete their assigned duties (Section 300(E)). Clinical medication administration itself falls outside the personal-care scope of this regulation.

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