The bill authorizes the department of public health and
environment to require each operator of an assisted living residence to require each direct-care worker who provides direct-care services to residents of an assisted living residence (direct-care worker) to:
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Take a tuberculosis test; and
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Undergo fit testing for a respiratory mask. The bill requires each operator of an assisted living residence to
require each direct-care worker to complete direct-care training to provide specific services to residents.
The individual or entity that provides training is required to
provide each trained direct-care worker with a certificate of completion of training that may be presented to another assisted living residence to consider for the purposes of satisfying the residence's training requirements.
For a direct-care worker who has been issued a certificate of
completion, an operator of an assisted living residence may require an employee to complete new training or may require the completion of a competency test prior to the employee providing direct-care services.
