RCW 74.39.007: Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 74.39.007 , 74.39.050 , 74.39.070 , 43.190.060 , and section 1, chapter 336, Laws of 1999 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Self-directed care" means the process in which an adult person, who is prevented by a functional disability from performing a manual function related to health care that an individual would otherwise perform for himself or herself, chooses to direct and supervise a paid personal aide to perform those tasks. (2) "Personal aide" means an individual, working privately or as an individual provider as defined in RCW 74.39A.240 , who acts at the direction of an adult person with a functional disability living in his or her own home to assist with the physical performance of a health care task, as described in RCW 74.39.050 , that persons without a functional disability can perform themselves.