SECTION 310:662-5-1. Initiation of services

(a)   In-home assessment. The home care agency shall accept a client for services on the basis of a reasonable expectation that the client's needs can be met adequately in the client's residence. An initial assessment shall be performed in the client's residence by a physician, registered nurse or qualified therapist as indicated by the service to be provided.

(b)   Initial assessment. The initial assessment shall occur prior to, or at the time that home care services are initially provided. The assessment shall determine whether the agency has the ability to provide the necessary services in the home.

(c)   In-home assessment - skilled care. No in-home assessment of the need for skilled care shall be conducted by any agency, agency employee, or agency contractor unless and until the agency receives a physician's order to provide skilled care, or to conduct an in-home assessment of the need for skilled care. Skilled care shall not be provided by any agency, agency employee, or agency contractor unless and until the agency receives a physician's order to provide skilled care.

(d)   Solicitation, coercion, harassment. No agency, agency employee, or agency contractor shall solicit, coerce or harass a consumer of home care services or an individual who may need home care services in order to initiate services with the agency.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 3185, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3442, eff 5-10-95 (emergency); Amended at 12 Ok Reg 2789, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2111, eff 4-7-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2274, eff 6-12-97]