maaps’ Best Kept Secret: Compliance Resource Manuals

maaps’ Best Kept Secret:  Compliance Resource Manuals

One of the articles in this month’s news bulletin references regulations on student immunizations and offers a link to maaps’ Compliance Resource Manuals.  Here is a bit more detail about what these Manuals are and how they can be helpful to leaders at maaps member schools

Many times busy leaders are asked to clarify for their teams the question “What does the regulation say”?  maaps’ Compliance Resource Manuals can easily provide the answer in a “one stop shopping” format. Each manual contains a section called Laws and Regulations that provides links to all the state and federal entities that regulate special needs schools.

Here are a few examples of what can be found in each manual:

  • CFO/Business Managers Manual: a link to the Operational Services Division (OSD)
  • Education Directors/Principals: a link to the Chapter 766 page at mass.gov
  • Residential Directors: a link to the website of Early Education and Care (EEC)
  • Clinical Directors: a link to the websites for HIPAA and FERPA
  • Executive Managers: links to all potential licensing agencies

The Compliance Resource Manuals are an on-line resource.  Managers can print or download only the sections that they need.  In addition to the Laws and Regulations section the Manuals also contain sections on:

  • Competencies by Professional Development Group
  • Critical Tasks and Events Calendar templates
  • Alerts and Advisories sent by maaps both past and present

If you would like to visit the Compliance Resource Manuals on-line, go to www.maaps.org, log-in with your user name and password and look for Compliance Manuals on the far right of the grey tool bar.  If you have difficulty logging in please contact Ginnie at gwaldron@maaps.org or 781-245-1220 X207.