D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B9999
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below:
Admission - A home support agency's acceptance of client to provide personal care services.
Business day - Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm, excluding public holidays.
Business hours - The hours during the day in which business operations are commonly conducted in the operating office by the licensee.
Client - The individual receiving home support agency services as defined in this chapter.
Client record - A written account of all services provided to a client by the home support agency, as well as other pertinent information necessary to provide care.
Client representative - A person designated in writing by the client in the service agreement or a person acting in a representative capacity under a durable power of attorney, durable power of attorney for health care, or guardianship pursuant to District law, or other legal representative arrangement.
Client Service Coordinator - A registered nurse who is sufficiently qualified to provide general supervision and direction of the services offered by the home support agency and who has at least one (1) year administrative or supervisory experience in personal care, home health care, or related health programs.
Client service plan - A written plan developed by the registered nurse in agreement with the client or client representative, if applicable, that specifies the tasks that are to be performed by the aide primarily in the client's residence. The written plan specifies scope, frequency, and duration of services.
Companion services - Non-healthcare related services, such as cooking, housekeeping, errands, and social interaction.
Complaint - Any occurrence or grievance reported by a client or client representative related to the nature of the services provided by the home support agency.
Department - The District of Columbia Department of Health.
Director - The individual appointed by the governing body to act on its behalf in the overall management of the home support agency.
Full-time - Employment period by the home support agency, at minimum, during each of the home support agency's established business days.
Governing body - The individual, partnership, group, or corporation designated to assume full legal responsibility for the policy determination, management, operation, and financial liability of the home support agency.
Home health aide - A person who performs home health and personal care services, and who is qualified to perform such services pursuant to
Chapter 93 (Home Health Aides) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professionals) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
Home support agency - An entity licensed in accordance with this chapter that employs home health aides to provide personal care services to clients.
HORA - Health Occupations Revision Act.
Incident - Any occurrence that results in significant harm, or the potential for significant harm, to a client's health, welfare, or well-being. Incidents include an accident resulting in significant injury to a client, death, misappropriation of a client's property or funds, or an occurrence requiring or resulting in intervention from law enforcement or emergency response personnel.
License - Formal permission granted by the Department to act as a home support agency in accordance with law.
Licensee - The individual or entity to whom the Department has granted formal permission to act as a home support agency in accordance with law.
Modification of ownership and control - The sale, purchase, transfer or reorganization of ownership rights.
Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) Form - A set of portable, medical orders on a form issued by the Department that results from a client's or a client representative's informed decision- making with a health care professional pursuant to D.C Official Code §§ 21-2221et seq.
Operating Office - The physical location at which the business of the home support agency is conducted and at which the records of personnel, clients, incidents, and complaints of the home support agency are stored either electronically or physically.
Personal care services - Services that are limited to individual assistance with or supervision of activities of daily living, companion services, homemaker services, reporting changes in client's condition, and completing reports. Personal care services do not include skilled services.
Registered nurse - An individual who is currently licensed to practice nursing under the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01et seq.)
Service delivery notes - Documentation of the duties or tasks completed per shift by a home health aide, nursing supervision, and any other pertinent information related to the provision of services.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B9999