7 Alaska Admin. Code § 125.199

Current through September 25, 2024

Section 7 AAC 125.199 - Definitions

In 7 AAC 125.010 - 7 AAC 125.199, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) "ADL" means activity of daily living;

(2) "agency-based program" means a program that provides personal care services to a qualified recipient who is Unable to manage those services because of cognitive capacity or a documented history of self-neglect or who chooses not to take responsibility for managing those services;

(3) "assessment" means an evaluation of a recipient's capacity to perform ADLs and IADLs over a consecutive seven-day period, before and including the date of the assessment, taking into consideration other health, medical, or functional needs identified during the previous 12 months or since the recipient's last assessment;

(4) "business day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday under AS 44.12.010;

(5) "consumer-directed program" means a program that provides personal care services to a recipient, and that recipient or either the recipient's representative or the representative's designee is responsible for managing those services;

(6) "CPR" means cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(7) "lADL" means instrumental activity of daily living;

(8) "natural supports" means

(A) individuals that voluntarily and without payment provide care and supports for the recipient; and

(B) the care and supports that are

(i) provided voluntarily and without pay for a recipient; and

(ii) similar to and supplemented by personal care services;

(9) "recipient's representative" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 160.990(b);

(10) "representative's designee" means an individual appointed by the recipient's representative in accordance with 7 AAC 125.100(c);

(11) ''remote community or location"

(A) means a community or location that it is not accessible by road from Anchorage or Fairbanks or that is accessible only by crossing international boundaries; and

(B) does not include a community or location that is on a road system that connects two or more communities or locations, and the supervising registered nurse is available in one of the communities or locations;

(12) "service level authorization" means the authorization that was developed under 7 AAC 125.024, with any amendment under 7 AAC 125.026, and approved by the department to provide personal care services for a recipient.

7 AAC 125.199

Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 1/26/2012, Register 201; am 7/22/2017,Register 223, October 2017

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030