Subdivision 1. Licensed foster care and respite care. This section applies to foster care agencies and licensed foster care providers who place, supervise, or care for individuals who rely on medical monitoring equipment to sustain life or monitor a medical condition that could become life-threatening without proper use of the medical equipment in respite care or foster care.
Subd. 2. Foster care agency requirements. In order for an agency to place an individual who relies on medical equipment to sustain life or monitor a medical condition that could become life-threatening without proper use of the medical equipment with a foster care provider, the agency must ensure that the foster care provider has received the training to operate such equipment as observed and confirmed by a qualified source, and that the provider:
(1) is currently caring for an individual who is using the same equipment in the foster home; or
(2) has written documentation that the foster care provider has cared for an individual who relied on such equipment within the past six months; or
(3) has successfully completed training with the individual being placed with the provider.
Subd. 3. Foster care provider requirements. A foster care provider shall not care for an individual who relies on medical equipment to sustain life or monitor a medical condition unless the provider has received the training to operate such equipment as observed and confirmed by a qualified source, and:
(1) is currently caring for an individual who is using the same equipment in the foster home; or
(2) has written documentation that the foster care provider has cared for an individual who relied on such equipment within the past six months; or
(3) has successfully completed training with the individual being placed with the provider.
Subd. 4. Qualified source definition. For purposes of this section, a "qualified source" includes a health care professional or an individual who provides training on such equipment.
Subd. 5. Foster care provider training and skills form. The agency supervising the foster care provider shall keep a training and skills form on file for each foster care provider and update the form annually. The agency placing the individual shall obtain a copy of the training and skills form from the foster care provider or the agency supervising the foster care provider and shall keep it and any updated information on file for the duration of the placement. The form must be made available to the parents or the primary caregiver and social worker of the individual, or the individual, whichever is applicable, in order to make an informed placement decision. The agency shall use the training and skills form developed by the commissioner of human services.
2000 c 338 s 1; 2015 c 71 art 7 s 5,6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 245A — Human Services Licensing
Section 245A.02 — Definitions.
Section 245A.03 — Who Must Be Licensed.
Section 245A.035 — Unlicensed Emergency Relative Placement.
Section 245A.04 — Application Procedures.
Section 245A.041 — Systems And Records.
Section 245A.042 — Home And Community-based Services; Additional Standards And Procedures.
Section 245A.043 — License Application After Change Of Ownership.
Section 245A.05 — Denial Of Application.
Section 245A.055 — Closing A License.
Section 245A.06 — Correction Order And Conditional License.
Section 245A.065 — Child Care Fix-it Ticket.
Section 245A.075 — Disqualified Individual; Denial, Conditional License, Revocation.
Section 245A.081 — Settlement Agreement.
Section 245A.085 — Consolidation Of Hearings; Reconsideration.
Section 245A.095 — Rules For Programs Serving Persons With Mental Illnesses.
Section 245A.11 — Special Conditions For Residential Programs.
Section 245A.12 — Voluntary Receivership For Residential Or Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.13 — Involuntary Receivership For Residential Or Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.14 — Special Conditions For Nonresidential Programs.
Section 245A.143 — Family Adult Day Services.
Section 245A.1434 — Information For Child Care License Holders.
Section 245A.1435 — Reduction Of Risk Of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death In Licensed Programs.
Section 245A.1445 — Dangers Of Shaking Infants And Young Children.
Section 245A.145 — Child Care Program Reporting Notification.
Section 245A.146 — Crib Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.147 — Family Child Care Infant Sleep Supervision Requirements.
Section 245A.148 — Family Child Care Diapering Area Disinfection.
Section 245A.149 — Supervision Of Family Child Care License Holder's Own Child.
Section 245A.15 — Regulation Of Family Day Care By Local Government.
Section 245A.151 — Fire Marshal Inspection.
Section 245A.1511 — Contractors Serving Multiple Family Child Care License Holders.
Section 245A.152 — Child Care License Holder Insurance.
Section 245A.155 — Care Of Individuals On Medical Monitoring Equipment.
Section 245A.156 — Disclosure Of Communicable Disease.
Section 245A.16 — Standards For County Agencies And Private Agencies.
Section 245A.167 — Public Funds Program Integrity Monitoring.
Section 245A.18 — Child Passenger Restraint Systems.
Section 245A.19 — Hiv Training In Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program.
Section 245A.191 — Provider Eligibility For Payments From The Behavioral Health Fund.
Section 245A.22 — Independent Living Assistance For Youth.
Section 245A.23 — Positive Support Strategies; Child Care.
Section 245A.24 — Mandatory Reporting.
Section 245A.26 — Children's Residential Facility Crisis Stabilization Services.
Section 245A.30 — Licensing Prohibition For Certain Facilities Serving Children.
Section 245A.40 — Child Care Center Training Requirements.
Section 245A.41 — Child Care Center Health And Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.50 — Family Child Care Training Requirements.
Section 245A.51 — Family Child Care Health And Safety Requirements.
Section 245A.52 — Family Child Care Physical Space Requirements.
Section 245A.53 — Substitute Caregivers And Replacements In Family Child Care.
Section 245A.65 — Maltreatment Of Vulnerable Adults.
Section 245A.66 — Requirements; Maltreatment Of Minors.
Section 245A.70 — Remote Adult Day Services.
Section 245A.71 — Applicability And Scope.
Section 245A.72 — Record Requirements.
Section 245A.73 — Remote Adult Day Services Staff.