Section 22-B3214. IN-SERVICE EDUCATION FOR NURSING PERSONNEL

 

3214.1A comprehensive on-going in-service education program shall be provided by the facility and shall include training on the provision of resident care.

 

3214.2Each nursing employee shall be trained in emergency procedures, disaster plans and fire evacuation plans.

 

3214.3Each area of in-service training shall be conducted by a registered nurse, qualified and experienced in the area of instruction.

 

3214.4A facility shall designate an In-Service Education Director who shall maintain records of training and orientation activities, which include the agenda, instructions, and participants. Records of each in-service education program shall be kept on file and available for inspection.

 

3214.5Each nursing employee shall be encouraged to attend education and training programs conducted in the community that relate to nursing practice.

 

3214.6Each facility shall have space for conducting in-service programs.

 

3214.7 Each nursing employee shall be trained in areas that address the special health care needs of the elderly and the needs of specific populations, including the following:

 

(a)Emergency procedures;

 

(b)Emergency transport of residents;

 

(c)Emergency 911 services;

 

(d)Disaster plans and fire evacuation plans;

 

(e)Race;

 

(f)Ethnicity;

 

(g)Religious affiliation;

 

(h)Sexual orientation;

 

(i) Gender; and

 

(j)Gender identity.

 

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 5(a) of the Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and Home Care Licensure Act of 1983, effective February 24, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-48, D.C. Official Code § 44-504(a)(2011 Supp.)) (hereinafter the Act), and in accordance with Mayor’s Order 98-137, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 473 (January 18, 2002); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10619, 10623 (December 16, 2011).