Ohio Administrative Code
Title 173 - Department of Aging
Chapter 173-4 - Older Americans Act Nutrition Program
Section 173-4-06 - Older Americans Act nutrition program: diet orders
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 173-4-06
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Definitions for this rule:
(1) "Diet order" means an order for a
therapeutic diet from a licensed healthcare professional whose scope of
practice includes ordering
a therapeutic diet.
(2)
"Therapeutic diet" means a calculated nutritive regimen including, the
following regimens:
(a) Diabetic and other
nutritive regimens requiring a daily specific calorie level.
(b) Renal nutritive regimens.
(c) Dysphagia nutritive regimens, excluding
simple textural modifications.
(d)
Any other nutritive regimen requiring a daily minimum or maximum level of one
or more specific nutrients or a specific distribution of one or more
nutrients.
(B) Requirements for every AAA-provider agreement for therapeutic diets paid, in whole or in part, with Older Americans Act funds:
(1) The AAA-provider
agreement is subject to the requirements in rule
173-3-06 of the Administrative
Code.
(2) Diet orders:
(a) The provider may provide a therapeutic
diet to a consumer only if the provider received a diet order for the
consumer or if it is the consumer's preference to
choose a therapeutic diet. If a therapeutic diet is a dysphagia nutritive
regimen, the provider may provide the therapeutic diet only if the diet order
indicates whether the consumer requires texture-modified foods and/or thickened
liquids.
(b) The provider shall
provide a therapeutic diet to the consumer identified in
a diet
order for the shorter of the following two durations:
(i) The length of time authorized by the diet
order.
(ii) One year from the date
the diet order indicates the diet should begin.
(c) The provider shall provide the
therapeutic diet according to any updated diet order if the updated diet
order is received before the expiration of the current diet order.
(d) The provider may use either nutrient
analysis or a meal-pattern plan approved by a dietitian to assure that the
therapeutic diet contains nutrients consistent with the diet order.
(e) The provider may provide a therapeutic
diet only if the provider (or, if the consumer is in a carecoordination
program, the AAA) retains a copy of the diet order unless it is the consumer's preference to choose a
therapeutic diet.
(3) Dietitians:
(a) The provider shall determine the need,
feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of offering a therapeutic diet by
consulting with a licensed dietitian.
(b) A provider may provide
a therapeutic diet
only if the provider relies upon the oversight of a dietitian when providing
the therapeutic diet.
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