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Maine DSP Training Audit Checklist
Every training Maine requires for direct support professionals, with the deadline and the official rule, so you can check each staff file before your next review. The College of Direct Support is the state curriculum. TES tracks those completion dates. A TES course does not replace it. The 36-month cycle applies to the §21.10-1(B) trainings, not to CDS itself.
| Item | Deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ☐ DHHS DSP curriculum or Maine College of Direct Support, or proficiency through the Assessment of Prior Learning | Within 6 months of hire | MBM §21.10-1(A) |
| ☐ CDS: Introduction to Developmental Disabilities | Before serving a member alone | MBM §21.10-1(A)(a)(1) |
| ☐ CDS: Professionalism | Before serving a member alone | MBM §21.10-1(A)(a)(2) |
| ☐ CDS: Individual Rights and Choice | Before serving a member alone | MBM §21.10-1(A)(a)(3) |
| ☐ CDS: Maltreatment | Before serving a member alone | MBM §21.10-1(A)(a)(4) |
| ☐ CDS completion documentation in the personnel record | Ongoing | MBM §21.10-1(A)(b) |
| ☐ Reportable Events and Adult Protective Services | Within 6 months, then every 36 months | MBM §21.10-1(B)(1) |
| ☐ Behavioral support, modification, and management regulations | Within 6 months, then every 36 months | MBM §21.10-1(B)(2) |
| ☐ Rights and Basic Protections | Within 6 months, then every 36 months | MBM §21.10-1(B)(3) |
| ☐ HCBS Person-Centered Planning and Settings Rule | Upon hire, before service, then annually | MBM §21.10-1(B)(4) |
| ☐ Background check | Before hire | MBM §21.10-1(C) |
| ☐ Adult protective and child protective record checks | Before hire | MBM §21.10-1(D) |
| ☐ Age 18 or older, and a high school diploma or GED | At hire | MBM §21.10-1(E)–(F) |
| ☐ Current CPR and First Aid | Kept current | MBM §21.10-1(G) |
| ☐ Medication credential: CNA-M, CRMA, RN, or DHHS-approved shared-living training | Before assisting with medication | MBM §21.10-1(H) |
| ☐ Employment CDS modules, for Work Support staff | Before providing that service | MBM §21.10-1(I) |
| ☐ Crisis Intervention staff: approved behavioral intervention training | Before providing that service | MBM §21.10-1(L) |
| ☐ Career Planning staff: 12 hours of Career Planning and Discovery, plus 6 hours a year of approved CE | Before service, then annually | MBM §21.10-1(J) |