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(b) In this section, “human services related field” means social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, nursing, guidance and counseling, sociology, special education, addictions and chemical dependency, behavioral or health sciences, or a closely related field. (Eff. 6/21/2001, Register 158; am 1/29/2010, Register 193) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.14.100 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 50.815, by deleting the reference to AS 47.14.120. 7 AAC 50.820. Orientation and training. (a) A residential psychiatric treatment center shall have a comprehensive written training plan, and shall submit it to the department, for the orientation, ongoing training, and development of staff members. (b) The orientation portion of the training plan required by (a) of this section must provide that

(1) a new caregiver employee or volunteer who has less than six months of previous full-time experience working with emotionally disturbed persons in a residential setting is to receive at least 40 hours of orientation and training, as described in (4) of this subsection, and at least 40 hours of child care experience in the facility, working under supervision, before being assigned to independently carry out a particular caregiving job;

(2) a new caregiver employee or volunteer who has at least six months of previous full-time experience working with emotionally disturbed persons in a residential setting is to receive at least 20 hours of orientation and training, as described in (4) of this subsection, and at least 20 hours of child care experience in the facility, working under supervision, before being assigned to independently carry out a particular caregiving job;

(3) a new administrative, clerical, housekeeping, janitorial, or other support employee, if the employee’s job involves even minimal contact with children in care, is to receive orientation and training as described in (4) of this subsection; for each job class, the residential psychiatric