ORS 443.195: Home health care services entity’s duties to staff.

To support the safety of home health care staff while working in a home health care setting, each home health care services entity shall: (1) Provide training to home health care staff that: (a) Includes, but is not limited to, training on recognizing hazards that are commonly encountered by home health care staff in home health care settings and protocols for managing such hazards. (b) Is consistent with training for home health care workers that is endorsed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (2) Conduct quarterly safety assessments with home health care staff who have been assigned to provide home health care services in a home health care setting. (3) Provide home health care staff with identifying information that may be used to verify the identity of a client before an initial visit to a home health care setting. (4) Provide mechanisms by which home health care staff can perform safety checks, including but not limited to the use of a mobile application to access the relevant safety-related information collected by the home health care services entity under ORS 443.190. (5) Establish and implement policies and procedures that allow for home health care staff to: (a) Perform data entry and chart updates at a time and place outside of the home health care setting. (b) Be accompanied by an escort, including but not limited to another home health care staff, to a home health care setting when there are concerns about safety or security with respect to the home health care setting. [2025 c.535 §13] DOMICILIARY CARE FACILITIES