section .0500 – staff orientation, training, competency and continuing education

10A NCAC 13G .0501      Personal care training and competency

(a)  The facility shall assure that staff who provide or directly supervise staff who provide personal care to residents complete an 80-hour personal care training and competency evaluation program established by the Department. For the purpose of this Rule, "directly supervise" means being on duty in the facility to oversee or direct the performance of staff duties. A copy of the 80-hour training and competency evaluation program is available online at https://info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/acls/training/index.html#80hr, at no cost. The 80-hour personal care training and competency evaluation program curriculum shall include:

(1)           observation and documentation skills;

(2)           basic nursing skills, including special health-related tasks;

(3)           activities of daily living and personal care skills;

(4)           cognitive, behavioral, and social care;

(5)           basic restorative services; and

(6)           residents' rights as established by G.S. 131D-21.

(b)  The facility shall assure that training specified in Paragraph (a) of this Rule is completed within six months after hiring for staff hired after September 30, 2022. Documentation of the successful completion of the 80-hour training and competency evaluation program shall be maintained in the facility and available for review by the Division of Health Service Regulation and the county department of social services.

(c)  The facility shall assure that staff who perform or directly supervise staff who perform personal care receive training and supervision for the performance of individual job assignments prior to meeting the training and competency requirements of this Rule. Documentation of training shall be maintained in the facility and available for review by the Division of Health Service Regulation and the county department of social services.

(d)  The Department shall exempt staff from the 80-hour training and competency evaluation program who are:

(1)           licensed health professionals;

(2)           listed on the Nurse Aide Registry; or

(3)           documented as having completed one of the following previously approved training programs:

(A)          a 20-hour or 75-hour training and competency evaluation program prior to July 1, 2000; or

(B)          a 25-hour or 80-hour training and competency evaluation program from July 1, 2000 through September 30, 2017.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131D-2.16; 131D-4.3; 131D-4.5; 143B-165;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 1996;

Eff. May 1, 1997;

Temporary Amendment Eff. December 1, 1999;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2000;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2022.