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(2) STAFF. (a) Within 30 days after beginning employment, newly hired staff must submit a written statement from a health care provider documenting that the individual does not have any signs or symptoms of communicable disease. The examination performed by the health care provider must have been conducted no earlier than 6 months before submission of the statement. Newly hired staff does not include an employee transferring without a break in service from one facility to another when the facili...

(7) THIRD PARTY SERVICES. (a) Nothing in this rule chapter is intended to prohibit a resident or the resident ' s representative from independently arranging, contracting, and paying for services provided by a third party of the resident ' s choice, including a licensed home health agency or private nurse, or receiving services through an out-patient clinic, provided the resident meets the criteria for admission and continued residency and the resident complies with the facility ' s...

(2) STAFF IN-SERVICE TRAINING. Facility administrators or managers shall provide or arrange for the following in-service training to facility staff: (a) Staff who provide direct care to residents, other than nurses, certified nursing assistants, or home health aides trained in accordance with Rule 59A-8.0095, F.A.C., must receive a minimum of 1 hour in-service training in infection control, including universal precautions, and facility sanitation procedures before providing personal care to resi...

(3) HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS/ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (HIV/AIDS). Pursuant to Section 381.0035, F.S., all facility employees, with the exception of employees subject to the requirements of Section 456.033, F.S., must complete a one-time education course on HIV and AIDS, including the topics prescribed in the Section 381.0035, F.S. New facility staff must obtain the training within 30 days of employment. Documentation of compliance must be maintained in accordance with subsection (...

(11) DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS TRAINING. (a) Currently employed facility administrators, managers, direct care staff and staff involved in resident admissions must receive at least one hour of training in the facility ' s policies and procedures regarding DNROs within 60 days after the effective date of this rule. (b) Newly hired facility administrators, managers, direct care staff and staff involved in resident admissions must receive at least one hour of training in the facility ' s po...

(6) MEDICATION STORAGE AND DISPOSAL. (a) In order to accommodate the needs and preferences of residents and to encourage residents to remain as independent as possible, residents may keep their medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, in their possession both on or off the facility premises; or in their rooms or apartments, which must be kept locked when residents are absent, unless the medication is in a secure place within the rooms or apartments or in some other secure place that ...

(1) NURSING SERVICES. A facility with a limited nursing license may provide the following nursing services in addition to any nursing service permitted under a standard license pursuant to Section 429.255, F.S. (a) Conducting passive range of motion exercises. (b) Applying ice caps or collars. (c) Applying heat, including dry heat, hot water bottle, heating pad, aquathermia, moist heat, hot compresses, sitz bath and hot soaks. (d) Cutting the toenails of diabetic residents or residents with a do...

(2) STAFF. (a) Newly hired staff shall have 30 days to submit a statement from a health care provider, based on a examination conducted within the last six months, that the person does not have any signs or symptoms of a communicable disease including tuberculosis. Freedom from tuberculosis must be documented on an annual basis. A person with a positive tuberculosis test must submit a health care provider ' s statement that the person does not constitute a risk of communicating tuberculosis....

(11) DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS TRAINING. (a) Currently employed facility administrators, managers, direct care staff and staff involved in resident admissions must receive at least one hour of training in the facility ' s policies and procedures regarding DNROs within 60 days after the effective date of this rule. (b) Newly hired facility administrators, managers, direct care staff and staff involved in resident admissions must receive at least one hour of training in the facility ' s po...

(1) NURSING SERVICES. A facility with a limited nursing license may provide the following nursing services in addition to any nursing service permitted under a standard license pursuant to Section 429.255, F.S. (a) Conducting passive range of motion exercises. (b) Applying ice caps or collars. (c) Applying heat, including dry heat, hot water bottle, heating pad, aquathermia, moist heat, hot compresses, sitz bath and hot soaks. (d) Cutting the toenails of diabetic residents or residents with a do...

Staff Training Requirements and Competency Test. (7) EXTENDED CONGREGATE CARE TRAINING. (a) The administrator and extended congregate care supervisor, if different from the administrator, must complete core training and 4 hours of initial training in extended congregate care prior to the facility ' s receiving its extended congregate care license or within 3 months of beginning employment in the facility as an administrator or ECC supervisor. Successful completion of the assisted living faci...