| (a) A center's staff development programs must:
(1) facilitate the ability of the staff to function
as a member of an IDT that includes health professionals, an adult
minor, and a minor's parent;
(2) improve communication skills to:
(A) facilitate a collaborative relationship between
an adult minor, a minor's parent, and the staff;
(B) focus on person-centered thinking;
(C) facilitate positive behavior support; and
(D) incorporate person-first language;
(3) increase the understanding of childhood illness
and the effects it has on a minor's development, a minor's parent,
and a minor's family;
(4) provide mechanisms and skills for coping with the
effects of childhood illness;
(5) develop case management skills to assist an adult
minor and a minor's parent in setting priorities, planning, and implementing
a minor's care at home;
(6) facilitate staff implementation of life-sustaining
and assistive technology, provided by the center or by durable medical
equipment contractors, used in the care of a minor;
(7) facilitate the ability of staff to develop an individualized
comprehensive plan of care; and
(8) prepare staff for the response to and management
of emergency medical situations in a center.
(b) A center must:
(1) conduct quarterly staff development programs appropriate
to the staff providing services to minors to maintain high quality
care; and
(2) ensure that all center staff providing basic services
to minors maintain basic life support certification.
(c) A center must document all staff development programs
to include:
(1) the title and a short summary of the training program;
(2) date and time;
(3) name of the trainer; and
(4) certificate of completion.
(d) A center must maintain the quarterly staff development
training program documentation for a period of two years. If the
staff development training is specific to services provided to a specific
minor, reference to the training must be maintained as part of a minor's
medical record.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §550.416 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875 |
