39-5605. TRAINING OF PERSONAL ASSISTANTS. The director may require a personal assistant to successfully complete a training program established by the rules before beginning to provide personal assistance services. Those providing personal assistance services when the rule is established will be given a reasonable period of time to obtain the required training. The director may establish different training requirements for different services provided and for personal assistants serving participants with intensive needs. The department shall conduct training to include, but not be limited to, administrative rules, billing procedures and service requirements.
History:
[(39-5605) I.C., sec. 39-A4705, as added by 1981, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 93; am. and redesignated 1990, ch. 326, sec. 5, p. 892; am. 1997, ch. 316, sec. 3, p. 936; am. 2000, ch. 274, sec. 126, p. 864.]