Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4-.29
Effective February 14, 1992, the care provider of independent homelife care or specialized independent homelife care must be an employee of a certified home health agency or (if the County Health Department does not make homelife services available in the county or to this individual) an individual who declares in writing that he/she has at least a 6th grade education; is physically and mentally able to provide care as evidenced by a medical statement; has not been convicted of a serious crime; and has not been fired or forced to resign from a position as a care provider due to dereliction of duty. The care provider cannot be of any of the following degrees of relationship to the applicant/recipient: child, stepchild, adoptive child, son or daughter-in-law; parent, stepparent, adoptive parent; spouse; or brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
A certified home health agency is an agency so certified by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Division of Licensure and Certification.
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Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4-.29
Statutory Authority: Social Security Act Titles XVI and XIX; 20 C.F.R. 416 ; 42 C.F.R. 435 ; Title XIX State Plan; Code of Ala. 1975, Title 38.