Section 17-1427-8 - Referral, assessment, care plan, and supervision procedures(a) A request for respite companion service shall be made in the following ways: (1) The client family may make a request for respite companion service to the respite companion service program on the family's own behalf;(2) Any health or social service agency may make a request for respite companion service for the agency's clients to the respite companion service program; or(3) A respite station having an established number of respite companion hours assigned to the station's staff may assign a respite companion directly to qualifying clients and client families.(b) Assessment of eligibility for the service of a respite companion shall be performed in the following ways: (1) Self-referrals or agency referrals shall be assessed by any health or social service agencies which have been approved by the respite companion service program to make the assessment; or(2) Respite stations may assess clients and assign respite companions to the clients and client families directly; and(3) All assessments shall be made in person and in the client family's home, if possible; and(4) All assessments and care plans shall be prepared on forms provided by the respite companion service program and copies shall be made available to the respite station's clients, client families, and respite companions.(c) Supervision of respite companions assigned to clients and client families of respite stations shall be handled primarily by staff designated by the respite stations and secondarily by the respite-companion service program staff.[Eff JUN 29 1992] (Auth: HRS § 346-56) (Imp: 29 C.F.R. §89.25)