(a) Each licensee and employee of a boarding home facility must be trained on the following subjects prior to contact with residents or within five days of beginning work, ownership, or management of the facility, whichever is later:
(1) Employer rules and policies.
(2) Preventing, recognizing, and reporting abuse, neglect, and exploitation of residents.
(3) Residents' rights, including all applicable rights from the following:
(A) Chapter 102 (Rights of the Elderly) of the Texas Human Resource Code, as amended.
(B) Chapter 112 (Developmental Disabilities) of the Texas Human Resource Code, as amended.
(C) Chapter 301 (Fair Housing Practices) of the Texas Property Code, as amended.
(D) Chapter 92 (Residential Tenancies) of the Texas Property Code, as amended.
(4) Policies and procedures for contacting emergency personnel when health or safety of a resident or another individual is at risk.
(5) Complaint process specific to the city and the boarding home facility.
(6) Prevention, recognition, and reporting of injuries, incidents, and unusual accidents to residents and others in the boarding home facility.
(7) Emergency, evacuation, and disaster plans.
(8) Assisting residents with obtaining health and social services.
(9) Services provided by the boarding home facility, including:
(A) nutrition, meal preparation, and dietary needs, if the boarding home facility provides meal preparation;
(B) sanitation;
(C) laundry, if the boarding home facility provides laundry services;
(D) house work, if the boarding home facility provides house work; and
(E) assistance with self-administration of medication, if the boarding home facility provides assistance with self-administration of medication.
(b) Each licensee and employee of a boarding home facility must be trained on the following subjects:
(1) Updates and changes in any policies and procedures within 10 days after the licensee or employee becomes aware of the change.
(2) Orientation specific to the needs of each new resident within three business days of the resident moving into the facility.
(3) Orientation specific to the needs of a resident whose needs have changed due to injury, illness, hospitalization, or other circumstances that affect the resident's needs within one day after licensee or employee becoming aware of the change. (Ord. Nos. 28706; 29753)