Section 173.525 - Home health aide and personal care aide training(A)(1) In addition to any other eligibility requirement of this chapter, to be eligible to serve as a personal care aide under the PASSPORT program, an individual must successfully complete thirty hours of pre-service training acceptable to the department of aging. To maintain eligibility, each personal care aide must successfully complete six hours of in-service training acceptable to the department. Such training must be completed every twelve months.
(2) In administering the PASSPORT program, the department shall not require a personal care aide to do either of the following: (a) Complete more than thirty hours of pre-service training;(b) Complete more than six hours of in-service training in a twelve-month period.(B) The department shall not require an individual serving as a home health aide under the PASSPORT program to complete more hours of pre-service training or annual in-service training than required by federal law.(C) Only the following may supervise a home health aide or personal care aide under the PASSPORT program: (2) A licensed practical nurse under the direction of a registered nurse.Added by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§101.01, eff. 10/3/2023.