Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6039.01

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session

Section 71-6039.01 - Paid dining assistant; qualifications

No person shall act as a paid dining assistant in a nursing home unless such person:

(1) Is at least sixteen years of age;

(2) Is able to speak and understand the English language or a language understood by the nursing home resident being fed by such person;

(3) Has successfully completed at least eight hours of training as prescribed by the department for paid dining assistants;

(4) Has no adverse findings on the Nurse Aide Registry or the Adult Protective Services Central Registry; and

(5) Has no adverse findings on the central registry created in section 28-718 if the nursing home which employs such person as a paid dining assistant has at any one time more than one resident under the age of nineteen years.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-6039.01

Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 115; Laws 2014, LB 853, § 47.

Amended by Laws 2014, LB 853,§ 47, eff. 7/18/2014.