Ohio Administrative Code
Title 173 - Department of Aging
Chapter 173-39 - Certification of Community-Based Long-Term Care Service Providers
Section 173-39-02.3 - Pest control
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 173-39-02.3
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) "Pest control " means a service that improves, restores, or maintains a clean, sanitary, and safe living environment through the performance of tasks in the home that are beyond the consumer's capability and the removal of pests posing a threat to the consumer's health and welfare.
(B) Eligibility: A consumer is only eligible for the service if:
(1) Neither the consumer, nor anyone else in
the consumer's home, is capable of performing or financially providing for the
services;
(2) No other relative,
caregiver, community/volunteer agency, or third-party payer is capable of, or
responsible for, their provision; and,
(3) No other person (e.g., a landlord) has a
legal or contractual responsibility to perform the job.
(C) Requirements for pest control in addition to the conditions of participation under rule 173-39-02 of the Administrative Code:
(1)
Cost
estimate:
(a)
If the provider
is a consumer-directed provider, upon a consumer's initial request:
(i)
Each agency provider shall furnish
the
consumer with a verbal estimate
(ii)
Each non-agency provider shall furnish the
consumer with a verbal estimate .
(b)
Each provider that is not a consumer-directed provider
shall furnish ODA's designee with a verbal estimate upon the request of ODA's
designee.
(2)
Written price quote:
(a)
If the provider
is a consumer-directed provider, upon a consumer's initial request:
(i)
Each agency provider shall furnish
the
consumer with a written price quote no later than seven days after the
consumer initially requests the service.
(ii)
Each non-agency provider shall furnish the
consumer with a written price quote no later than seven days after the consumer
initially requests the service, unless the consumer establishes an alternative
time period for providing the written price quote.
(b)
Each provider
that is not a consumer-directed provider shall furnish ODA's designee with a
written price quote no later than seven days after ODA's designee requests the
service.
(3)
Safety:
(a) The provider shall retain, and
furnish to the consumer and/or ODA's designee, upon request, a list of the
chemical(s) or substance(s) used for each job order.
(b) The provider shall inform the consumer
and ODA's designee of any specific health or safety risks expected during the
job project, and assist the case manager to coordinate times and dates of
service to insure minimal risk of hazard to the consumer as applicable to each
job.
(c) The provider shall comply
with any applicable local codes or ordinances in the performance of each job
order.
(d) The provider shall
furnish a warranty to ODA's designee that covers the workmanship and materials
involved in the service provided.
(4) Provider qualifications:
(a) Type of provider: Only an agency that ODA
certifies as an agency provider or a person that ODA certifies as a non-agency
provider shall
furnish this service.
(b) Licensure: The provider shall
hold
a valid
license
with the
Ohio department of agriculture or Ohio department of natural resources to
practice the type of pest control that it furnishes to consumers, if the type
of pest control that the provider furnishes requires licensure.
(5) Service verification:
(a) After the provider completes a job order,
the provider shall retain a record of the:
(i)
Consumer's name;
(ii) Date of
service;
(iii) Service description,
including a comparison between the job order and the completed job;
(iv) Provider's signature; and,
(v) Consumer's signature. The case manager
shall record the consumer's signature of choice in the consumer's service plan.
The signature of choice may include a handwritten signature; initials; stamp or
mark; or electronic signature.
(b) The provider may use a technology-based
system to collect or retain the records required under this rule.
(c) The agency provider shall retain records
required under this rule according to paragraph (B)(5) of rule
173-39-02 of the Administrative
Code and the non-agency provider shall retain records required under this rule
according to paragraph (C)(5) of rule
173-39-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(D) Units and rates: .
(1)
One unit of pest control is equal to one completed job
order of pest control.
(2)
The maximum amount allowable for a unit is the
provider's written price quote, so long as the price does not exceed the
maximum amount allowable amount in paragraph (D)(3) of this
rule.
(3)
The maximum amount allowable for a unit is established
in appendix A to rule
5160-1-06.1 of the
Administrative Code.
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