Section 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: (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;(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, aspart of the federally mandated 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 12 2013] (Auth: HRS § 346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.10, 431.10, 483.1 ) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §§440.40, 483.1, 483.35, 483.160 )