Supervision of staff providing delegated nursing or therapy home care tasks.

(a) Staff who perform delegated nursing or therapy home care tasks must be supervised by an appropriate licensed health professional or a registered nurse periodically where the services are being provided to verify that the work is being performed competently and to identify problems and solutions related to the staff person's ability to perform the tasks. Supervision of staff performing medication or treatment administration shall be provided by a registered nurse or appropriate licensed health professional and must include observation of the staff administering the medication or treatment and the interaction with the client.

(b) The direct supervision of staff performing delegated tasks must be provided within 30 days after the new text begin date on which the new text end individual begins working for the home care provider new text begin and first performs delegated tasks for clients new text end and thereafter as needed based on performance. This requirement also applies to staff who have not performed delegated tasks for one year or longer.