Call Center
- PCA Training
- PCA Test
- Vulnerable Adults Mandated Training
- Child Maltreatment Concern
- Handling MN Information Securely
- Emergency and First Aid Training
- Provider Policies and Procedures
Time Sheets:
- Electronic time sheets
- Instructions for completing time sheets
- Payroll calendar and Cut off time:
Employee Forms/Frauds
- Confidentiality
- Employee Application
- W-4(2018)
- I-9 Form
- About OIG:
- Net Study:
- MN DHS
- PCA Manual Forms
Employment requirements:
An individual who is employed as a personal care assistant must two sets of requirements
1.Be 18 years of age or older.
2. Be employed by a PCA provider agency.
3. Initiate and clear a criminal background study.
4. Enroll with the DHS as a PCA once all employment criteria are met.
Requirements specific to providing services
An individual who is employed as a personal care assistant must:
- Effectively communicate with the person and the PCA provider agency.
2. Be able to provide covered PCA services according to the person’s PCA care plan.
3. Respond appropriately to the person’s needs.
4. Report changes in the person’s condition to the qualified professional.
5. Maintain daily written records including, but not limited to, time sheets.
6. Complete training and orientation on the needs of the recipient.
7. Be supervised by the consumer or the qualified professional.
Person age 16-17 years old may be a PCA with the following additional requirements:
- Employed by only one PCA provider agency responsible for compliance with current labor laws
- Supervised by a qualified professional every 60 day
A PCA may not be the:
- Paid legal guardian of an adult
- Legal guardian of a minor
- Parent or stepparent of a minor child recipient
- Recipient of PCA services
- Responsible party of a recipient
- Spouse of a recipient
A PCA is limited to providing and being paid for up to 310 hours per month of PCA regardless of the number of recipients being served or the number of PCA provider agencies enrolled with.