(a) Each permit holder, employee and staff member of a boarding home facility must be trained on the following subjects prior to contact with residents:
(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 folio wing:
a. Tex. Human Resource Code, Chapter 102 (Rights of the Elderly), as amended.
b. Tex. Human Resource Code, Chapter 112 (Developmental Disabilities), as amended.
c. Tex. Property Code, Chapter 301 (Fair Housing Practices), as amended.
d. Tex. Property Code, Chapter 92 (Residential Tenancies), 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) Assisting residents with self-administration of medication.
(7) Prevention, recognition, and reporting of injuries, incidents, and unusual accidents to residents and others in the boarding home facility.
(8) Emergency, evacuation and disaster plans.
(9) Assisting residents with obtaining health and social services.
(10) 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; and
d. House work, if the boarding home facility provides house work.
(b) Each permit holder and employee of a boarding home facility is subject to the following ongoing training requirements:
(1) Updates and changes in any policies and procedures within ten days after the permit holder or employee becomes aware of the change.
(2) Orientation specific to the needs of each new resident within one business day 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 permit holder or employee becoming aware of the change.
(Ord. 25952-01-2023, § 1, passed 1-10-2023, eff. 4-15-2023)