| (a) State-approved training course. The facility may
use a paid feeding assistant, if the paid feeding assistant has successfully
completed a state-approved training course that meets the requirements
of §19.1115 of this subchapter (relating to Requirements for
Training of Paid Feeding Assistants) before feeding a resident.
(b) Supervision. A paid feeding assistant must work
under the supervision of an RN or an LVN. In an emergency, a paid
feeding assistant must call a supervisory nurse for help. A paid feeding
assistant can only feed a resident in the dining room.
(c) Resident selection criteria.
(1) The facility must ensure that a paid feeding assistant
provides dining assistance only for a resident who has no complicated
feeding problems, which include difficulty swallowing, recurrent lung
aspirations, and tube or parenteral/IV feedings.
(2) The facility must base resident selection on the
interdisciplinary team's assessment and the resident's latest assessment
and comprehensive care plan. A resident's comprehensive care plan
must reflect the resident's appropriateness for a paid feeding assistant.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §554.1113 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 5416; amended to be effective March 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 2025; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 8871 |
