- (a) A home health agency shall have a risk management program that includes a procedure to investigate, analyze, and respond to patient grievances related to patient care.
(b) A home health agency shall conduct, in each service area, an orientation program for each new employee and annual inservice training that covers the following topics:
- (1) agency policies and procedures;
- (2) employee job responsibilities and the skills necessary to meet those responsibilities;
- (3) recognition and response to potential fire, emergency, and home safety hazards;
- (4) principles and techniques of infection control; and
- (5) ethics and confidentiality.
- (c) A home health agency shall require cardiopulmonary resuscitation training every two years for each employee working directly with patients.
- (d) A home health agency shall establish personnel policies requiring an annual evaluation of each employee's performance.
(Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 9/6/96, Register 139)
Authority: AS 18.05.040