---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 483.160"
title: "42"
number: "483.160"
heading: "Requirements for training of paid feeding assistants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/483.160"
---

# §483.160. Requirements for training of paid feeding assistants.

- (a) **Minimum training course contents.** A State-approved training course for paid feeding assistants must include, at a minimum, 8 hours of training in the following:
  - (1) **Feeding techniques.**
  - (2) **Assistance with feeding and hydration.**
  - (3) **Communication and interpersonal skills.**
  - (4) **Appropriate responses to resident behavior.**
  - (5) **Safety and emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver.**
  - (6) **Infection control.**
  - (7) **Resident rights.**
  - (8) Recognizing changes in residents that are inconsistent with their normal behavior and the importance of reporting those changes to the supervisory nurse.
- (b) **Maintenance of records.** A facility must maintain a record of all individuals, used by the facility as feeding assistants, who have successfully completed the training course for paid feeding assistants.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 55539, Sept. 26, 2003]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 48919, Sept. 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r.

### Amendments

[68 FR 55539, Sept. 26, 2003]