SECTION 340:105-10-93. Personal care service standards

(a)   Policy. The personal care service provides hands on assistance, stand by assistance, supervision, or cues for persons 60 years of age or older who have difficulties with one or more of the activities of daily living, which are: eating, dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, and mobility, including walking, using a wheelchair, or transferring from one place to another. Personal care services may only be provided by licensed home health care agencies or otherwise licensed or certified health agencies.

(b)   Authority. The authority for this Section is Section 1321.11 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(c)   Procedures.

(1)   Personal care service provider. The personal care service provider:

(A)   verifies that the participant receiving personal care service has a functional, physical, or mental impairment that prevents the participant from providing the service for self, and that an informal support network, for example, family, friends, or neighbors capable of meeting the participant's needs, is unavailable or insufficient. This information is verified by the completion of Forms 02AG002E and 02AG003E, Older Americans Act Assessment, Parts I and II; and

(B)   initiates a written service plan for each participant based on the results of Form 02AG002E.

(2)   Area agency on aging (AAA). The AAA:

(A)   incorporates the personal care standards into the AAA Title III policies and procedures manual;

(B)   provides technical assistance to personal care service providers regarding the standards; and

(C)   uses the standards as an indicator in the evaluation of service provider proposals and in the assessment of funded projects.

(d)   Cross references. See OAC 340:105-10-50.1(a)(1) and 340:105-10-51.

[Source: Added at 15 Ok Reg 249, eff 10-9-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 1692, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1983, eff 6-11-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1170, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1325, eff 6-1-07]