Member Question: Is it required that a HHA/ULP remain on the nursing assistant registry to be employed by a home care agency?
According to its website, “the Minnesota Department of Health maintains the Nursing Assistant Registry, which lists the names of individuals who have completed an approved nursing assistant training and testing program or testing program and meet state and federal requirements to work in nursing homes, certified boarding care homes and hospital swing beds.”
A nursing assistant in home health care is not required to be on the Nursing Assistant Registry. Note that if a nursing assistant prefers to remain on the registry and works for a home health agency that is not Medicare-certified, he or she must include a copy of the job description with the Nursing Assistant Registry Update form.
Question: Can an agency conducted competency training and testing be transferred to another agency?
If a home health aide is not on the registry and does not meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 144A.4795, subdivision 3 (b) (2) to “satisfy the current requirements of Medicare for training or competency of home health aides or nursing assistants, as provided by Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, section 483 or 484.36,” the agency must provide documentation that the home health aide is competent in the required tasks. It is the agency’s responsibility to maintain documentation of the home health aide’s successful demonstration of competence for all the requirements and the qualifications of the RN who conducted the competency evaluation.
Question: Can a mannequin be used for a comprehensive licensed agency for return demonstration purposes?
Mannequins may only be used for training purposes and may not be used for return demonstration in a Medicare certified home health agency (G206). The statute is silent on the use of mannequins for licensed only home health agencies.
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