(A) As used in sections5166.30to5166.3010of the Revised Code:
(1) "Adult" means an individual at least eighteen years of age.
(2) "Appropriate director" means the following:
(a) The medicaid director in the context of both of the following:
(i) The Ohio home care waiver program;
(ii) The integrated care delivery system medicaid waiver component authorized by section5166.16of the Revised Code.
(b) The director of aging in the context of the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program.
(3) "Authorized representative" means the following:
(a) In the case of a consumer who is a minor, the consumer's parent, custodian, or guardian;
(b) In the case of a consumer who is an adult, an individual selected by the consumer pursuant to section5166.3010of the Revised Code to act on the consumer's behalf for purposes regarding home care attendant services.
(4) "Authorizing health care professional" means a health care professional who, pursuant to section5166.307of the Revised Code, authorizes a home care attendant to assist a consumer with self-administration of medication, nursing tasks, or both.
(5) "Consumer" means an individual to whom all of the following apply:
(a) The individual is enrolled in a participating medicaid waiver component.
(b) The individual has a medically determinable physical impairment to which both of the following apply:
(i) It is expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months.
(ii) It causes the individual to require assistance with activities of daily living, self-care, and mobility, including either assistance with self-administration of medication or the performance of nursing tasks, or both.
(c) In the case of an individual who is an adult, the individual is mentally alert and is, or has an authorized representative who is, capable of selecting, directing the actions of, and dismissing a home care attendant.
(d) In the case of an individual who is a minor, the individual has an authorized representative who is capable of selecting, directing the actions of, and dismissing a home care attendant.
(6) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section3719.01of the Revised Code.
(7) "Custodian" has the same meaning as in section2151.011of the Revised Code.
(8) "Gastrostomy tube" means a percutaneously inserted catheter that terminates in the stomach.
(9) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section2111.01of the Revised Code.
(10) "Health care professional" means a physician or registered nurse.
(11) "Home care attendant" means an individual holding a valid provider agreement in accordance with section5166.301of the Revised Code that authorizes the individual to provide home care attendant services to consumers.
(12) "Home care attendant services" means all of the following as provided by a home care attendant:
(a) Personal care aide services;
(b) Assistance with the self-administration of medication;
(c) Assistance with nursing tasks.
(13) "Jejunostomy tube" means a percutaneously inserted catheter that terminates in the jejunum.
(14) "Medication" means a drug as defined in section4729.01of the Revised Code.
(15) "Minor" means an individual under eighteen years of age.
(16) "Participating medicaid waiver component" means all of the following:
(a) The medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program;
(b) The Ohio home care waiver program;
(c) The integrated care delivery system medicaid waiver component authorized by section5166.16of the Revised Code.
(17) "Physician" means an individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(18) "Practice of nursing as a registered nurse," "practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse," and "registered nurse" have the same meanings as in section4723.01of the Revised Code. "Registered nurse" includes an advanced practice registered nurse, as defined in section4723.01of the Revised Code.
(19) "Schedule II," "schedule III," "schedule IV," and "schedule V" have the same meanings as in section3719.01of the Revised Code.
(B) Participating medicaid waiver components may cover home care attendant services in accordance with sections5166.30to5166.3010of the Revised Code and rules adopted under section5166.02of the Revised Code.
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