North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 06 - AGING - PROGRAMS OPERATIONS
Subchapter A - AGING: IN HOME AIDE SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS
Section .0300 - SERVICE PROVISION
Section 06A .0308 - SELECTION OF AIDES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 06A .0308

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

Agencies providing in-home aide services must have a written policy regarding who may serve as in-home aids. The written policy shall include, at a minimum, the following information about who may serve as in-home aides:

(1) aides shall be 18 years of age or older or emancipated minors; and

(2) aides shall be persons who have demonstrated competency to perform the tasks needed by the client; and

(3) whether or not the agency allows the hiring of relatives to serve as the client's in-home aide. If the agency allows a relative to be the client's in-home aide, the policy must also contain the following requirements:

(a) that relatives of the client, for this purpose are either a parent, spouse, child, or sibling of the client including step relations of the client for any of those; and

(b) that the relative must have given up employment or the opportunity for employment in order to perform the tasks needed by the client; and

(4) any other hiring guidelines established by the agency.

Authority G.S. 143B-181.1(c); 143B-181.9A;
Eff. December 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1995;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.

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