Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1206 - Personnel

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. The qualifications, skills, and knowledge required for each type of personnel member:

a. Are based on:

i. The type of services expected to be provided by the personnel member according to the established job description, and

ii. The acuity of the patients receiving services from the personnel member according to the established job description; and

b. Include:

i. The specific skills and knowledge necessary for the personnel member to provide the expected services listed in the established job description,

ii. The type and duration of education that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected services listed in the established job description, and

iii. The type and duration of experience that may allow the personnel member to have acquired the specific skills and knowledge for the personnel member to provide the expected services listed in the established job description;

2. A personnel member's skills and knowledge are verified and documented:

a. Before the personnel member provides physical health services, and

b. According to policies and procedures;

3. Sufficient personnel members are available with the qualifications, skills, and knowledge necessary to:

a. Provide the services in the home health agency's scope of services,

b. Meet the needs of a patient, and

c. Ensure the health and safety of a patient; and

4. A personnel member, an employee, a volunteer, or a student who has or is expected to have direct interaction with a patient, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis:

a. On or before the date the individual begins providing services at or on behalf of the home health agency, and

b. As specified in R9-10-113.

B. An administrator shall ensure that a personnel record for each personnel member, employee, or volunteer:

1. Includes:

a. The individual's name, date of birth, and contact telephone number;

b. The individual's starting date of employment or volunteer service, and if applicable, ending date; and

c. Documentation of:

i. The individual's qualifications, including skills and knowledge applicable to the individual's job duties;

ii. The individual's education and experience applicable to the individual's job duties;

iii. The individual's completed orientation and in-service education as required by policies and procedures;

iv. The individual's license or certification, if the individual is required to be licensed or certified in this Article or policies and procedures;

v. The individual's compliance with the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-411;

vi. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, if required for the individual according to this Article and policies and procedures;

vii. First aid training, if required for the individual according to this Article and policies and procedures; and

viii. Evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis, if required according to subsection (A)(4);

2. Is maintained:

a. Throughout the individual's period of providing services in or for the home health agency; and

b. For at least 24 months after the last date the individual provided services in or for the home health agency; and

3. For a personnel member who has not provided services for the home health agency during the previous 12 months, provided to the Department within 72 hours after the Department's request.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1206

Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3391, effective 11/6/2019.