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HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services

HawaiiregulationHawaii Department of Health· effective 2018-08-01

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1Ensure homemaker services are provided only by personal care aides or homemakers (§11-700-6(c)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)
  • 2Ensure personal care services are performed by personal care aides (§11-700-6(b)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)
  • 3Base homemaker service activities on an assessment of the client's needs (§11-700-6(c)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)
  • 4Do not manage the client's money or finances, or balance the client's checkbook, as part of personal care services (§11-700-6(b)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)
  • 5Base personal care service activities on an assessment of the client's needs (§11-700-6(b)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)
  • 6Do not manage the client's money or finances, or balance the client's checkbook, as part of homemaker services (§11-700-6(c)).(HAR §11-700-6 — Scope of Services)

Applies to: personal care

Defines the personal care and homemaker services a home care agency may provide, requires personal care services to be performed by personal care aides, requires services to be based on assessment of the client's needs, and prohibits agencies from managing a client's money or finances. Framework topic: Scope of Practice & Service Delivery.

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