A provider agency shall meet the following staff training requirements in which professional staff shall:

1. A. Participate in a minimum of 20 hours of preservice training, before assuming casework responsibilities, which includes:

   1. (1) An overview of treatment foster care and its history and development, and permanency planning,
   2. (2) Orientation to the provider agency's treatment philosophy and skill training in its specific treatment methodologies,
   3. (3) The provider agency's discipline policy, including the use of passive physical restraint,
   4. (4) The provider agency's policies and procedures, including documentation and evaluation requirements,
   5. (5) Identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect,
   6. (6) Foster care regulations as set forth in COMAR 07.02.11,
   7. (7) Maryland statutes and regulations governing confidentiality of records as set forth in Article 88A, §6, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 07.01.07,
   8. (8) Procedures for access to records as set forth in COMAR 07.01.02,
   9. (9) Crisis intervention, grief and loss issues for foster children, and child development, and
   10. (10) Application of universal precautions;
2. B. Participate in a complete sequence of the provider agency's preservice training for treatment parents;
3. C. Receive at least 30 hours of training annually that includes written policies and procedures specific to the needs of the children served; and
4. D. Receive certification of the completion of required training under §§A and B of this regulation for the professional staff's personnel file.

Authority: Family Law Article, §§5-501—5-534, Annotated Code of Maryland;
Agency Note: Federal Regulatory Reference 45 CFR §§228.13 and 228.42

Effective date: October 9, 1995 (22:20 Md. R. 1541)