HAR §17-1443-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter: "Department" means the department of human services. "Feeding assistant" means an individual who has successfully completed a state-approved feeding assistant training program approved by the department and who is paid by a nursing facility or is used under an arrangement with another agency or organization to feed nursing facility residents who have no complicated feeding problems. Complicated feeding problems include difficulty swallowing, recurrent lung 1443-1 §17-1443-2 aspirations, and tube or parenteral or intravenous ( IV) feeding. "Nursing facility 0 means a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility or both, that is licensed and certified by the department of health as meeting the requirements of medicare or medicaid participation. "Registered nurse" means an individual who is licensed as a registered nurse in the State, pursuant to chapter 457, HRS. "Resident0 means an individual who resides in a nursing facility and receives needed professional services directed by the attending physician toward the maintenance, improvement, or protection of health, or lessening of illness, disability, or pain. [Eff JUL 132013 J (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§ 4 3 0 . 10 , 4 31 . 1 0 , 4 8 3 . 1) ( I mp : 4 2 C. F. R. § § 4 4 0 . 4 0 , 483.1, 483.35, 483.160) §17-1443-3 Application for state-approved feeding assistant training program. (a) Requests for approval from a nursing facility shall be submitted to the department on a departmental application form. (b) The application shall be considered complete when it includes all of the requirements as specified in section 17-1443-4. (c) The submission of additional information shall be in the format as prescribed by the department. (d) The date of application shall be the date a complete application is received by the department. An incomplete application may be returned to the applicant without action. (e) Prior to rendering a decision on the request for approval, the department shall conduct on on-site review of the feeding assistant training program. {f) Within ninety days of the date of application, the department shall provide the nursing facility with a written decision on whether or not the feeding assistant training program has been approved. (g) On-going approval of the feeding assistant 1443-2 §17-1443 4 training program shall continue unless there are changes in registered nurse supervision or changes in curriculum as specified in section 17-1443-4. Such changes shall require the program to obtain departmental approval through another approval process as specified in this section. [Eff JUL 13 2013 (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §431.10, Clmp: HRS §346-46; 42 C.F.R. §§440.40, 483.1, 483.151) §17-1443-4 Requirements for a feeding assistant training program. (a} A feeding assistant training program approved by the department shall include a minimum of ten hours of training, and shall include a combination of classroom training and a minimum of four hours of practical training. Practical training means training in which the individual learns and demonstrates knowledge and proficiency while performing tasks on another individual under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. (b) The feeding assistant training program shall include the following: (1) Feeding techniques; (2) Assistance with feeding and hydration; (3) Communication and interpersonal skills; (4) Appropriate responses to resident behavior; (5) Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver; (6) Infection control; (7) Resident rights; and (8) Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with their normal behavior and the importance of reporting those changes to the supervisory nurse. (c) Individuals being trained shall be at least eighteen years of age at the commencement of the feeding assistant training program. (d} A nursing facility shall maintain a record of all feeding assistants who have successfully completed the feeding assistant training program. (e} The department of health, office of health care assurance, as part of the federally mandated 1443-3 §17-1443-4 surveys that it conducts of nursing facilities in the State, shall determine whether the feeding assistant training program requirements established by the department of human services are met by any such nursing facility that operates a feeding assistant training program approved under this chapter. (f) Proof of completion of a feeding assistant training program by a nursing facility may be accepted as sufficient training for a feeding assistant to provide this service in a nursing facility in the State that did not provide the actual training. [Eff JUL 132013 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§ 4 3 o . 1 O , 4 31 . 1 0 , 4 8 3 . 1) ( I mp : 4 2 C . F . R . § § 4 4 0 . 4 O , 483.1, 483.35, 483.160)