Deficiency Type
POC Due Date /
Section Number | DEFICIENCIES | PLAN OF CORRECTIONS(POCs) |
Type A
09/25/2023
Section Cited
1796.43 | 1
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7 | Health and Safety Code § 1796.43 Home care organizations that employ affiliated home care aides shall ensure the affiliated home care aides are cleared on the home care aide registry before placing the individual in direct contact with clients. Staff NUMBERS did not have a clearance on the Home Care Aide registry. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients in care. |  |  |
Type A
10/11/2023
Section Cited
1796.44 | 1
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7 | 1796.44
(a) A home care organization licensee shall ensure that prior to providing home care services, an affiliated home care aide shall complete the training requirements specified in this section.
(b) An affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of entry-level training prior to presence with a client, as follows:
(1) Two hours of orientation training regarding his or her role as caregiver and the applicable terms of employment.
(2) Three hours of safety training, including basic safety precautions, emergency procedures, and infection control.
(c) In addition to the requirements in subdivision (b), an affiliated home care aide shall complete a minimum of five hours of annual training. The annual training shall relate to core competencies and be population specific, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas:
(1) Clients’ rights and safety.
(2) How to provide for and respond to a client’s daily living needs.
(3) How to report, prevent, and detect abuse and neglect.
(4) How to assist a client with personal hygiene and other home care services.
(5) If transportation services are provided, how to safely transport a client.
(d) The entry-level training and annual training described in subdivisions (b) and (c) may be completed through an online training program. |  |  |
Type A
09/15/2023
Section Cited
1796.45 | 1
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7 | 1796.45
(a) Affiliated home care aides hired on or after January 1, 2016, shall submit to an examination 90 days prior to employment, or within seven days after employment, to determine that the individual is free of active tuberculosis disease.
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Type B
09/25/2023
Section Cited
1796.42 (b) | 1
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7 | All employees are required by California law to be W2 employees if working as a caregiver for a Home Care Organization.
1796.42 (b) A home care organization licensee shall do all of the following:
(b) Maintain and abide by a valid workers’ compensation policy covering its affiliated home care aides. |  |  |