ARM 37.40.1306. SELF-DIRECTED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, PLAN OF CARE REQUIREMENTS

(1) A consumer must develop a service plan and have it approved annually by a physician or health care professional prior to receiving self-directed personal assistance services. The plan must include: (a) the consumer's need for personal assistance services as documented by the provider agency through completion of the department's personal assistance services consumer profile; (b) tasks assigned to the personal assistant; (c) an emergency back-up plan; (d) a training plan for assistants performing health related tasks; (e) a method for recruiting personal assistants; and (f) a schedule to update the consumer profile by the provider agency at least once every 180 days.