Deficiency Type
POC Due Date /
Section Number | DEFICIENCIES | PLAN OF CORRECTIONS(POCs) |
Type A
07/28/2026
Section Cited
1796.45 | 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 | (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. TB clearance was not documented in the personnel records of caregiver(s) REF# 02,03,04,06 in the 859-report reviewed by the Enforcement Analyst. Failure to maintain documentation of TB clearance poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients in care. |  |  |
Type A
07/28/2026
Section Cited
1796.43 | 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 | (a) 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. Proof of Clearance was not documented in the personnel records of caregiver(s) REF# 01,02, in the 859-report reviewed by the Enforcement Analyst. Failure to maintain documentation showing proof of clearance for all home care aides poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients in care. |  |  |
Type B
07/28/2026
Section Cited
1796.44 | 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 | (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 their role as home care aide 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.
(6) The special care needs of clients with dementia. Training requirements were not documented in the personnel records of caregiver(s) REF# 01,02,03,04,05,06 in the 859-report reviewed by the Enforcement Analyst. Failure to maintain documentation of completed training poses an immediate health and safety risk to clients in care.
|  |  |
Type B
07/28/2026
Section Cited
1796.42 | 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 | (b) Maintain and abide by a valid workers’ compensation policy covering its affiliated home care aides.
(c) Maintain and abide by an employee dishonesty bond, including third-party coverage, with a minimum limit of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(d) Maintain proof of general and professional liability insurance in the amount of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the aggregate.
|  |  |