(a)
An agency certified in accordance with
7
AAC 125.060 as a provider of personal care services
shall
(1) protect a recipient's health,
safety, and welfare while rendering services under this chapter; and
(2) provide training for all employees
regarding
(A) the mandatory reporting
requirements of
AS
47.17.020 for children and
AS
47.24.010 for vulnerable adults;
and
(B) the critical incident
reporting requirements of
7
AAC 125.102; and
(3) submit reports in compliance with
AS
47.17.020,
AS
47.24.010, and this section.
(b) If a recipient is unable to
manage the recipient's personal care services; the recipient must have a
representative chosen or appointed to
(1)
select and negotiate a contract with a personal care services agency to provide
the services identified in the recipient's service level authorization under
7
AAC 125.024;
(2) cooperate with the department in reviews
of the recipient's service level authorization;
(3) cooperate with the department and with
other state and federal oversight agencies during compliance reviews,
investigations, or audits; and
(4)
sign time sheets in accordance with
7
AAC 125.030(a)(3).
(c) If the recipient's
representative is unable to act on behalf of the recipient because the
recipient's representative is not present in the recipient's community and
involved in the day-today care of the recipient, the recipient's representative
must designate, on a form provided by the department, an individual that must
act in accordance with (b) of this section. In addition,
(1) if the recipient receives services
through a consumer-directed personal care services program, the
representative's designee must act in accordance with the requirements of
7
AAC 125.140;
(2) the representative's designee must be
(A) at least 18 years of age;
(B) present in the recipient's community, and
involved in the day-to-day care of the recipient; and
(C) willing to manage and evaluate the
recipient's personal care services as those services are provided in the
recipient's home; and
(3) the representative may not designate a
public home care provider or individual affiliated with a public home care
provider to act on behalf of the recipient under this subsection; in this
paragraph, "public home care provider" has the meaning given in
AS
47.05.017(c).
The hotline number for the department's adult protective
services is (800) 478-9996. The child abuse hotline number for the department
is (800) 478-4444.
