ARSD 67:16:24:03. Services covered

Personal care services are medically necessary services contained in the recipient's case service plan and provided in the recipient's residence. Only the following personal care services are covered: (1) Basic personal care and grooming, including bathing, shaving, dressing, and assisting the recipient with hair and teeth care; (2) Assistance with bladder or bowel requirements, but not including the administration of a bowel program; (3) Assistance with medications that are ordinarily self-administered; (4) Assistance with food, nutrition, and diet activities, if they are incidental to a medical need; (5) Household services related to a medical need and essential to the patient's health and comfort; and (6) Maintenance nursing prescribed by a physician. Personal care services must be delivered by a licensed nurse, if required in accordance with SDCL chapter 36-9. For purposes of this section, a recipient's residence does not include a hospital, penal institution, detention center, school, nursing facility, assisted living center, congregate facility where services are available, other types of group settings, intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, or an institution that treats individuals having mental diseases.