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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.07.05.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="05" heading="Training.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An agency shall ensure that individuals that are referred are trained appropriately to provide care that is needed by the agency’s clients.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Sources other than the agency may provide training, as approved in writing by the Office of Health Care Quality.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At a minimum, training for individuals providing care in clients’ homes shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Instruction and supervised practice in relevant personal care services of the sick or disabled at home;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Identification of situations that require referral to a registered nurse, including significant changes in a client’s condition;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Record keeping;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ethical behavior and confidentiality of information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>CPR;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Standard precautions for infection control; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Prevention of abuse and neglect.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>