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As used in the Home Care Act:

1. "Board" means the State Board of Health;

2. "Certification" means verification of appropriate training and competence established by the State Commissioner of Health by rules promulgated pursuant to the Home Care Act for home health aides and home care agency administrators;

3. "Department" means the State Department of Health;

4. "Healthcare provider" means a physician, physician assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Practitioner or a Clinical Nurse Specialist;

5. "Home care agency" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation or other organization which administers, offers or provides home care services, for a fee or pursuant to a contract for such services, to clients in their place of residence. The term "home care agency" shall not include:

  • a.individuals who contract with the Department of Human Services to provide personal care services, provided such individuals shall not be exempt from certification as home health aides,
  • b.organizations that contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority as Intermediary Services Organizations (ISO) to provide federal Internal Revenue Service fiscal and supportive services to Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Supports and Services (CD-PASS) waiver program participants who have employer responsibility for hiring, training, directing and managing an individual personal care attendant, or
  • c.CD-PASS waiver program employer participants;

6. "Home care services" means skilled or personal care services provided to clients in their place of residence for a fee;

7. "Home health aide" means an individual who provides personal care to clients in their temporary or permanent place of residence for a fee;

8. "Home care agency administrator" means a person who operates, manages, or supervises, or is in charge of a home care agency;

9. "Personal care" means assistance with dressing, bathing, ambulation, exercise or other personal needs;

10. "Skilled care" means home care services performed on a regular basis by a trained Respiratory Therapist/Technician or by a person currently licensed by this state including but not limited to a Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, or Social Worker;

11. "Standby assistance" means supervision of client directed activities with verbal prompting and infrequent, incidental hands-on intervention only; and

12. "Supportive home assistant" means an individual employed by a home care agency who provides standby assistance to ambulatory clients, in conjunction with other companionship or homemaker services, in the temporary or permanent place of residence of the client for a fee.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 139, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 349, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2004, c. 249, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 370, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2021, c. 284, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 2021.


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