N.D. Admin. Code 75-03-40-29

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 75-03-40-29 - Employee professional development

1. All employees in contact with residents shall receive at least twenty hours of training per year, with evidence of completion in the employee file.

2. Required trainings to prepare employees to meet the needs of residents served by the facility include:

a. Certified first aid;

b. Certified cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training;

c. Certified nonviolent crisis intervention training;

d. Institutional child abuse and neglect training;

e. Facility trauma informed care training;

f. Child abuse and neglect mandated reporter training;

g. Children's emotional and developmental needs; and

h. Suicide prevention training, including identification of signs and facility response measures.

3. A certified instructor shall provide training for nonviolent crisis intervention, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and automated external defibrillator. Until a new employee has completed these required trainings, the facility administrator shall ensure that another employee, current in the required trainings, is scheduled to work on the same shift as the new employee pending training.

4. Prior to a new employee working independently with residents, the facility shall provide orientation training to the employee covering all of the following areas, with evidence of completion present in the employee file:

a. Facility philosophy and program goals;

b. Administrative procedures, policy, and protocols;

c. Personnel policies;

d. Programs and services offered onsite to residents;

e. Residents' emotional and physical needs;

f. Facility daily routine, activities, transportation, treatment group schedules, and meals;

g. Expected employee conduct toward residents;

h. Expected resident conduct while residing onsite;

i. Facility's behavior management, including de-escalation techniques;

j. Overview of trauma and facility trauma informed treatment;

k. Protocol for observing and reporting resident behavior;

l. Resident rights and grievance procedures;

m. Protocol for identifying and reporting of child abuse and neglect;

n. Suicide prevention, including identifying signs and facility response;

o. Disaster plan;

p. Resident search procedures and policies;

q. Confidentiality standards;

r. Procedures for reporting a runaway;

s. Fire safety and evacuation procedures;

t. Protocol for emergency medical procedures;

u. Protocol for facility security measures and access to visitors; and

v. Discuss interest in becoming certified for medication distribution.

N.D. Admin Code 75-03-40-29

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 374, October 2019, effective 10/1/2019.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2021-382, October 2021, effective 10/1/2021.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.

General Authority: NDCC 50-11-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-11-02