Home health aide service providers shall comply with federal,
state, and local regulations and standards for specific services provided to
older adults under the OAA program and shall:
A. Develop written policies and procedures
for the following:
1. Recruiting, selecting,
retaining, and terminating employees;
2. Access to, duplication, and dissemination
of information from the older adult's records in accordance with State statutes
on Confidentiality of Information at Section
26-1-114, C.R.S.;
3. Protecting and promoting consumers'
rights;
4. Emergency procedures;
and,
5. Handling and reporting of
critical incidents, including accidents, suspicion of abuse, neglect or
exploitation, and criminal activity.
B. Establish documentation requirements for:
1. Maintaining a log of all complaints and
critical incidents, which shall include documentation of the resolution of the
problem; and,
2. Documenting
changes in the older adult's conditions or needs, as well as documentation of
appropriate reporting and actions taken.
C. In-home service providers receiving
funding under Title III, as defined at Section 10.120 "Definitions", shall
coordinate with other agencies to ensure there is no duplication of
services.
D. The home health aide
must operate and furnish services in compliance with all applicable federal,
state, and local laws and regulations.
E. The home health aide must comply with
accepted professional standards and principles that apply to professionals
furnishing services as a home health aide provider.
F. The home health aide provider must ensure
that aides have completed a course of training and received a nurse's aide
certification, conducted by an educational or health care institution which
implements the basic nurse aide curriculum prescribed and approved by the
Colorado State Board of Nursing.
G.
Home health aide services must be supervised according to Medicare Conditions
of Participation for Home Health Agencies found at
42 CFR
484.36(d). No later
amendments to or editions of 42 CFR
484.36(d)
are included. Copies of these materials are available for public inspection by
contacting:
Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Aging and
Adult Services, Manager, State Unit on Aging, 1575 Sherman Street, Denver,
Colorado 80203; or any State Publication Depository Library.
H. Home health aide providers shall comply
with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regarding privacy of records.
Requirements shall not include any later amendments to or editions of the
incorporated material. Copies of these materials are available for public
inspection by contacting:
Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Aging and
Adult Services, Manager, State Unit on Aging, 1575 Sherman Street, Denver,
Colorado 80203; or any State Publication Depository Library.
I. In-home service providers shall protect
and promote older adults' rights as described below.
