S-4.2, r. 5.01 - Regulation respecting the conditions for obtaining a certificate of compliance and the operating standards for a private seniors’ residence

Section 23 Disposition versions

2015-11-01

23. Every care attendant must, no later than 1 year after beginning work,

(1)  hold a vocational education diploma awarded by the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport in the fields of “Assistance in Health Care Facilities” or “Home Care Assistance”;

(2)  subject to the complementary skills provided for in section 34, hold an official document issued by a school board certifying competency in

(2.1)  identifying the responsibilities and obligations of a care attendant and behaving and intervening in a manner consistent with professional ethics with regard to residents’ rights;

(2.2)  identifying the needs of elderly persons, recognizing the physical and physiological changes associated with normal aging, and taking into account the functional consequences of vision, hearing and expression problems such as aphasia, as well as their impact on residents’ needs, in particular as part of the activities of daily living; and

(2.3)  applying basic practices to prevent infection and contamination; or

(3)  hold from a school board a document confirming that

(3.1)  the care attendant has completed a number of courses equivalent to 1 year of full-time studies in a program leading to the title of nurse or nursing assistant; or

(3.2)  the care attendant has 3 or more years of full-time experience in providing assistance, support, supervision or aid in direct interventions, acquired over the last 60 months and obtained as

(3.2.1)  a beneficiary care attendant or equivalent in a community organization or private seniors’ residence;

(3.2.2)  a beneficiary care attendant in an institution or intermediate resource, or as the person responsible for an intermediate resource or family-type resource, provided the resource housed elderly persons and the person performed tasks in the resource that involved providing assistance and support services; or

(3.2.3)  a family and social auxiliary or a home care auxiliary in an institution operating a local community service centre or rehabilitation centre, or in a social economy enterprise.

For the purposes of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph, 1 year of full-time experience corresponds to 1,664 hours of paid work.

O.C. 100-2013, s. 23.

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In force: 2015-11-01

23. Every care attendant must, no later than 1 year after beginning work,

(1)  hold a vocational education diploma awarded by the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport in the fields of “Assistance in Health Care Facilities” or “Home Care Assistance”;

(2)  subject to the complementary skills provided for in section 34, hold an official document issued by a school board certifying competency in

(2.1)  identifying the responsibilities and obligations of a care attendant and behaving and intervening in a manner consistent with professional ethics with regard to residents’ rights;

(2.2)  identifying the needs of elderly persons, recognizing the physical and physiological changes associated with normal aging, and taking into account the functional consequences of vision, hearing and expression problems such as aphasia, as well as their impact on residents’ needs, in particular as part of the activities of daily living; and

(2.3)  applying basic practices to prevent infection and contamination; or

(3)  hold from a school board a document confirming that

(3.1)  the care attendant has completed a number of courses equivalent to 1 year of full-time studies in a program leading to the title of nurse or nursing assistant; or

(3.2)  the care attendant has 3 or more years of full-time experience in providing assistance, support, supervision or aid in direct interventions, acquired over the last 60 months and obtained as

(3.2.1)  a beneficiary care attendant or equivalent in a community organization or private seniors’ residence;

(3.2.2)  a beneficiary care attendant in an institution or intermediate resource, or as the person responsible for an intermediate resource or family-type resource, provided the resource housed elderly persons and the person performed tasks in the resource that involved providing assistance and support services; or

(3.2.3)  a family and social auxiliary or a home care auxiliary in an institution operating a local community service centre or rehabilitation centre, or in a social economy enterprise.

For the purposes of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph, 1 year of full-time experience corresponds to 1,664 hours of paid work.

O.C. 100-2013, s. 23.