Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 50 - Home and Community-Based Services Providers Licensing Standards
Subchapter I - Personal Care Attendant Module
Section I-5079 - General Provisions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-5079

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Providers applying for the Personal Care Attendant module under the HCBS license shall meet the core licensing requirement as well as the module specific requirements of this Section.

B. Personal care attendant services may include:

1. assistance and prompting with:
a. personal hygiene;

b. dressing;

c. bathing;

d. grooming;

e. eating;

f. toileting;

g. ambulation or transfers;

h. behavioral support;

i. other personal care needs; and

j. any non-complex medical task which can be delegated;

2. assistance and/or training in the performance of tasks in accordance with the plan of care and related to:
a. maintaining a safe and clean home environment such as housekeeping, bed making, dusting, vacuuming and laundry;

b. cooking;

c. shopping;

d. budget management;

e. bill paying; and

f. evacuating the home in emergency situations;

3. personal support and assistance in participating in community, health and leisure activities which may include transporting and/or accompanying the participant to these activities;

4. support and assistance in developing relationships with neighbors and others in the community; and

5. enabling and promoting individualized community supports targeted toward inclusion into meaningful, integrated experiences (e.g. volunteer work and community awareness) activities.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2120.1.

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