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Direct Support Person (DSP)

  • What qualifications are needed to be a DSP?
  • Who must complete DSP training?
  • What qualifications/training are needed for a DSP to administer medications?
  • What if DSP is a CNA, LPN or RN?
  • What if the DSP in a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)?
  • What if the DSP in already on the Health Care Worker Registry as a DD Aide?
  • What if DSP worked as a DSP before 7/1/99, but did not complete an approved DSP training program?
  • What if DSP Needs Retraining?

Important Links for DSP Training

  • Required Registry & Criminal Fingerprint Background Checks
  • Required Documentation for All Levels of Education and Foreign Education
  • Reporting DSP Training Completion to Health Care Worker Registry
  • DSP Training Program Approval Process
  • DSP Training Program Letter of Application: Checklist G or Checklist H  
  • DSP Training Plan Example for Use as a Guide 
  • DSP Required Classroom Training and DSP Informational Competencies Demonstrated in Classroom Training
  • DSP Required On-The-Job (OJT) Training and DSP Interventional Competencies Demonstrated through OJT Activities
  • DSP Waiver for Delay in Meeting Training Requirements 
  • DSP Required Record Keeping
  • Reimbursement for Training 
  • DSP Course Coordinator Checklists and Forms

Related Links

  • DSP Course Coordinator Training Checklists and Forms
  • DSP Required Classroom Training
  • DSP Required On-the-Job Training (OJT) (R-04-01-13)
  • DSP Required Record Keeping
  • DSP Training Plan Example for Use as a Guide
  • DSP Training Program Approval Process
  • DSP Training Program Letter of Application: Checklist G or Checklist H
  • DSP Waiver for Delay in Meeting Training Requirements
  • Reporting DSP Training Completion to Health Care Worker Registry
  • Required Documentation for All Levels of Education and Foreign Education

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