Indiana Administrative Code
Title 455 - DIVISION OF AGING
Article 1 - AGING
Rule 9 - Personal Services Attendant for Individuals in Need of Self-Directed In-Home Care
Section 9-1 - Definitions

(a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.

(b) "Ancillary services" means services ancillary to the basic services provided to an individual in need of self-directed in-home care who needs at least one (1) of the basic services listed in subsection (d). The term includes the following:

(c) "Attendant care services" means those basic and ancillary services, which the individual chooses to direct and supervise a personal services attendant to perform, that enable an individual in need of self-directed in-home care to live in the individual's home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care, and mobility.

(d) "Basic services" means a function that could be performed by the individual in need of self-directed in-home care if the individual were not physically disabled. The term includes the following:

(e) "Geographic area" means one (1) county of the state.

(f) "Health related services" means those medical activities that, in the written opinion of the attending physician submitted to the case manager of the individual in need of self-directed in-home care, could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable, and if the medical activities can be safely performed in the home, and either:

(g) "Individual in need of self-directed in-home care" means an individual with a disability, or person responsible for making health related decisions for the individual with a disability, who:

(h) "Licensed health professional" means the following:

(i) "Personal services attendant" means an individual who is registered to provide attendant care services under this rule and who has entered into a contract with an individual and acts under the individual's direction to provide attendant care services that could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable.

(j) "Self-directed in-home health care" means the process by which an individual, who is prevented by a disability from performing basic and ancillary services that the individual would perform if not disabled, chooses to direct and supervise a paid personal services attendant to perform those services in order for the individual to live in the individual's home and community rather than an institution.