HAR §11-700-2. Definitions

As used in this chapter: "Administrator" means the person who is responsible for the management of the home care agency. "Client" means a person who receives personal care services or homemaker services from a licensed home care agency in exchange for payment. A qualified client is generally considered to be a person with limited physical or mental capacity or function to perform personal care services or homemaker services without assistance from another person. 700-1 3277 §11-700-1 "Department" means the department of health, State of Hawaii. "Director" means the director of health, State of Hawaii, or the director's designee. "Home care agency" means a public or proprietary agency, a private, nonprofit organization, or a subdivision of an agency or organization, engaged in providing personal care services or homemaker services to clients in the client's temporary or permanent place of residence. Home care agency does not include organizations that provide only housecleaning services, nor does it apply to an individual, including an individual who is incorporated as a business, or is an unpaid or stipended volunteer. "Home care service" means personal care or homemaker services, which are provided to clients in the client's temporary or permanent place of residence. "Homemaker" means an individual who has had experience or training in the performance of homemaker services. "Personal care aide" means a person who has successfully completed the basic nurse aide course in a state-approved nurse aide training program or an equivalent course or has successfully completed coursework which qualifies a person as a certified or licensed health care professional. The department reserves the right to determine an equivalent course. "Respite care" means personal care or homemaker services, which offer temporary substitute support for clients in order to provide a brief period of rest or relief for caregivers. "Service plan" means a written plan for home care services developed with input from the supervisor and the client or the client's representative, or both, and includes recognition of the client's capabilities and choices. The plan defines the division of responsibility in the implementation of the services to be provided. The service plan also specifies who will be responsible for providing services and when and how often personal care or homemaker services will be provided or arranged. "Supervisor" means an individual with a minimum of two years of experience or training in the home care industry or industry closely related to personal 700-2 3277 108