Direct care costs

Direct care costs include only those costs identified in this section. 1. Therapies. a. Salary and employment benefits for speech, occupational, and physical therapists, or for personnel, who are not reported in subsection 2, performing therapy under the direction of a licensed therapist. b. The cost of noncapitalized therapy equipment or supplies used to directly provide therapy. c. Training required to maintain licensure, certification, or professional standards, and the related travel costs. 2. Nursing. a. Salary and employment benefits for the director of nursing, nursing supervisors, inservice trainers for nursing staff, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, quality assurance personnel, certified nurse aides, individuals providing assistance with activities of daily living, individuals with a cognitive impairment who provide care-related services and who require the direction or supervision of a registered nurse in order to perform those services, and ward clerks. b. Allowable routine nursing supplies, personal hygiene supplies, medical supplies, and noncapitalized equipment necessary to provide for the care of residents routinely used in the provision of daily care of residents based on the resident's needs. c. Training required to maintain licensure, certification, or professional standards requirements, and the related travel costs. d. Routine hair care. e. The cost of noncapitalized wheelchairs.