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Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service
OhioregulationOhio Department of Aging (ODA)· effective 2024-05-01
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1The provider must complete eight units of continuing-education training that the individual determined necessary, no later than the provider's anniversary certification date.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
- 2A participant-directed provider may not serve more than five individuals per week, more than forty hours per week for any individual (absent an authorized emergency exception), or more than fifty-six hours per week total.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
- 3Before the first episode of transportation, a provider intending to transport must show ODA's designee a valid driver's license and valid insurance ID demonstrating liability coverage, or otherwise provide a written attestation not to transport.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
- 4The provider must retain the mandatory service-verification reporting items (individual name, service date, provider name, arrival and departure times, and unique identifiers) on a time sheet and a task sheet for each episode of service.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
- 5The provider must successfully complete initial training the individual determines is needed by the individual's established deadline.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
- 6A person may provide the choices home care attendant service only if ODA-certified, at least eighteen years of age, with a valid SSN and government-issued photo ID, and able to read/write/understand English and communicate with the individual.(Rule 173-39-02.4 | ODA provider certification: choices home care attendant service)
Applies to: personal care
Sets ODA certification requirements for participant-directed choices home care attendant providers under PASSPORT, including qualifications, hour limits, training, transportation, and service verification.
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