Regulation .09 Covered Services — Personal Assistance.
Regulation .09 Covered Services — Personal Assistance.LinkCopy Citation
A.
The Program covers personal assistance services that are approved in the plan of service and rendered to a participant by a qualified provider in the participant’s home or a community setting.
B.
The Program covers the following services when provided by a personal assistance provider:
(1)
Assistance with activities of daily living;
(2)
Delegated nursing functions if this assistance is:
(a)
Specified in the participant’s plan of service; and
(b)
Rendered in accordance with the Maryland Nurse Practice Act, COMAR 10.27.11, and other requirements of the Maryland Board of Nursing;
(3)
Assistance with tasks requiring judgment to protect a participant from harm or neglect;
(4)
Assistance with or completion of instrumental activities of daily living, provided in conjunction with the services covered under §B(1)—(3) of this regulation; and
(5)
Assistance with the participant’s self-administration of medications, or administration of medications or other remedies, when ordered by a physician.
C.
Personal assistance services may not include:
(1)
Services rendered to anyone other than the participant or primarily for the benefit of anyone other than the participant;
(2)
The cost of food or meals prepared in or delivered to the home or otherwise received in the community; or
(3)
Housekeeping services, other than those incidental to services covered under §B of this regulation.