New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 54 - PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Subchapter 5 - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES PRESCRIBED OR RENDERED BY A PHYSICIAN
Section 10:54-5.18 - Home Care Services; Personal Care Assistant Services (PCA)
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Personal care assistant services may be provided by a Medicare-certified, licensed home health agency or by an accredited proprietary or voluntary non-profit homemaker agency approved to participate as a provider of services in the New Jersey Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare program, in accordance with 10:60-1.2.
(b) Personal care assistant services are health related tasks performed in a beneficiary's home, prescribed by a physician in accordance with the patient's written plan of care, and provided by an individual who is:
(c) The purpose of personal care assistant services is to accommodate long-term chronic or maintenance health care, as opposed to the short-term skilled care required for some acute illnesses.