(a) Any individual employed by a personal support services agency to provide personal support services must complete standardized training and continuing education under department rules.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 33-2-419

  • Department: means the department of mental health and substance abuse services. See Tennessee Code 33-2-402
  • Personal support services: means nursing consultation, education services, and other personal assistance services as defined by rule, which are provided to individuals with substantial limitation in two (2) or more major life activities in either their regular or temporary residences, but does not mean direct nursing services provided in connection with an acute episode of illness or injury. See Tennessee Code 33-2-402
  • Service: includes any activity to prevent, treat, or ameliorate mental illness, serious emotional disturbance or alcohol or drug use which includes diagnosis, evaluation, residential assistance, training, habilitation, rehabilitation, prevention, treatment, counseling, case coordination, or supervision of persons with mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse issues and serious emotional disturbances. See Tennessee Code 33-2-402
  • Support: means any activity or resource that enables a service recipient to participate in a service for mental illness or serious emotional disturbance or in community life. See Tennessee Code 33-1-101
(b) The department may create classifications for personal support services agencies specializing in a type of service or care and may require additional training and continuing education for those classifications.
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