R9-10-707. Employee Orientation and Ongoing Training

B. A licensee shall ensure that each manager and caregiver completes a minimum of six hours of ongoing training every 12 months from the starting date of employment, or for a manager or caregiver hired before the effective date of this Article, every 12 months from the effective date of this Article.

1. The training shall include:

    a. Promoting resident dignity, independence, self-determination, privacy, choice, and resident rights;
    b. Fire, safety, and emergency procedures;
    c. Infection control;
    d. Assistance in self-administration of medications; and
    e. Abuse, neglect, and exploitation prevention and reporting requirements;

Continuing Education Units (CEU) classes are in accordance with the requirements of the Arizona Department of Health Services, as well as the Nursing Care Institution for Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers.