The provider agency must give all staff the following training during the first three months of employment:

1. (1) three hours of training on the following topics:

   1. (A) orientation to community resources;
   2. (B) the provider agency's policies and procedures;
   3. (C) 29 United States Code §794 (relating to Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs); and
   4. (D) confidentiality of records; and

2. (2) 21 hours of training on the following topics, which may be on-the-job training under the supervision of tenured staff and must include:

   1. (A) techniques of working with persons with disabilities to assist them in living as independently as possible; and
   2. (B) knowledge of the individual clients' conditions.

Source Note:The provisions of this §282.45 adopted to be effective April 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 2381; transferred effective October 18, 2024, as published in the September 20, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 7641.