Section 7.50.250. Orientation and training.

	(a)  A facility with one or more employees or contractors shall provide an orientation to each caregiver that includes  
		(1) the facility's policies and procedures, including responsibilities of the caregiver;  
		(2) satisfying special needs of specific children, where appropriate; and  
		(3) emergency procedures and health and safety measures.  
	(b)  The orientation required in (a) of this section must begin at the time of employment or work and be completed within the succeeding eight weeks.  
	(c)  Training hours required in this section are clock hours and may include any training that is relevant to the caregiver's primary job responsibilities. A facility may count informal training that increases caregiver skills. Documentation must include the date, subject, method of training, and the name of the person who conducted the training.  
	(d)  A residential child care facility shall have on duty at all times at least one caregiver with a valid first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification, unless the courses for these certifications are not regularly available in the community in which the facility is located. If certification courses are not regularly available, the facility shall enroll one or more employees in the first available first aid and CPR certification course offered in the community. A certified emergency medical or trauma technician on duty satisfies the requirements of this subsection. Caregivers of young children shall enroll in infant and child (pediatric) first aid and CPR in communities where infant and child first aid and CPR are regularly available.  
	(e)  A residential child care facility shall ensure that each caregiver, other than a volunteer, receives a minimum of 15 hours of training a year. The 15 hours must be in addition to  
		(1) orientation required by (a) of this section; and  
		(2) training in CPR and first aid required by (d) of this section.  
	(f)  Deleted 7/1/2000.  
	(g)  A foster parent in a one-parent foster home shall complete a minimum of 10 hours of training annually. Foster parents in a two-parent foster home shall complete a minimum of 15 hours of training annually that may be shared between the two foster parents. However, each foster parent in a two-parent foster home and each other caregiver in a foster home shall complete a minimum of five hours of training annually. Training hours must be in addition to orientation required by (a) of this section.  
	(h)  A residential child care facility where passive physical restraint might be used shall ensure that a caregiver is trained in passive restraining techniques before being allowed to passively restrain any child in care.  
	(i)  A caregiver may count orientation and pre-service training hours required under 7 AAC 50.030(a) that exceed six hours toward caregiver training hours required under (e) - (g) of this section.  

Authorities

44.29.020;47.35.010;47.35.037

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 50.630
7 AAC 50.635
7 AAC 50.645
7 AAC 56.420

Authority

AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010 AS 47.35.037 ________________________

History

Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 1/1/2001, Register 156