[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR460.71]



[Page 423-424]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 460_PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE)--Table 

of Contents

 

               Subpart E_PACE Administrative Requirements

 

Sec. 460.71  Oversight of direct participant care.



    (a) The PACE organization must ensure that all employees and 

contracted staff furnishing care directly to participants demonstrate 

the skills necessary for performance of their position.

    (1) The PACE organization must provide each employee and all 

contracted staff with an orientation. The orientation must include at a 

minimum the organization's mission, philosophy, policies on participant 

rights, emergency plan, ethics, the PACE benefit, and any policies 

related to the job duties of specific staff.

    (2) The PACE organization must develop a competency evaluation 

program that identifies those skills, knowledge, and abilities that must 

be demonstrated by direct participant care staff (employees and 

contractors).

    (3) The competency program must be evidenced as completed before 

performing participant care and on an ongoing basis by qualified 

professionals.

    (4) The PACE organization must designate a staff member to oversee 

these activities for employees and work with the PACE contractor liaison 

to ensure compliance by contracted staff.

    (b) The PACE organization must develop a program to ensure that all 

staff furnishing direct participant care services meet the following 

requirements:

    (1) Comply with any State or Federal requirements for direct patient 

care staff in their respective settings.

    (2) Comply with the requirements of Sec. 460.68(a) regarding 

persons with criminal convictions.



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    (3) Have verified current certifications or licenses for their 

respective positions.

    (4) Are free of communicable diseases.

    (5) Have been oriented to the PACE program.

    (6) Agree to abide by the philosophy, practices, and protocols of 

the PACE organiztion.



[67 FR 61505, Oct. 1, 2002]