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OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services
OklahomaregulationOklahoma State Department of Health· effective 1997-06-12
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1The initial assessment must occur prior to or at the time home care services are initially provided and must determine whether the agency can provide the necessary services in the home (b).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
- 2Skilled care may not be provided by any agency, employee, or contractor until the agency receives a physician's order to provide skilled care (c).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
- 3No agency, employee, or contractor may conduct an in-home assessment of the need for skilled care until the agency receives a physician's order to provide skilled care or to conduct such an assessment (c).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
- 4No agency, employee, or contractor may solicit, coerce, or harass a consumer or prospective consumer of home care services to initiate services with the agency (d).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
- 5An initial in-home assessment must be performed in the client's residence by a physician, registered nurse, or qualified therapist as indicated by the service to be provided (a).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
- 6The agency may accept a client for services only on the basis of a reasonable expectation that the client's needs can be met adequately in the client's residence (a).(OAC 310:662-5-1 — Initiation of services)
Applies to: personal care
Governs how a home care agency initiates services: it may accept a client only on a reasonable expectation that needs can be met in the residence, must perform an initial in-home assessment by a physician, RN, or qualified therapist at or before the start of services, requires a physician order before any skilled-care assessment or delivery, and prohibits soliciting, coercing, or harassing consumers to initiate services. Framework topic: Assessment / Intake / Service Initiation.
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