418-040-0040 Provider Qualifications (1) Provider Enrollment: (a) ENROLLMENT STANDARDS. To be enrolled as a provider in the Homecare Choice Program a provider must meet the following standards: (A) Submit a completed application and provider enrollment agreement to the Oregon Home Care Commission. (B) Possess an active, unrestricted homecare or personal support worker provider number issued by DHS or OHA. (C) Have completed the background check process described in OAR 407-007-0200 to 407-007-0370 as a homecare or personal support worker with an outcome of approved. A background recheck must occur at least every two years or sooner, if requested. (D) Complete Homecare Choice Program orientation. (E) Be 18 years of age or older without exception. (F) Possess a Social Security Number that matches the individual's legal name, as verified by the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration. (G) Be legally eligible to work in the United States. (H) Have sufficient communication and language skills to enable him or her to perform duties and interact effectively with participants and Commission staff. (I) Be capable of performing essential functions to safely provide necessary services or be capable of learning essential functions to safely provide necessary services, as determined by the individual or his or her representative. (J) Immediately report abuse or suspected abuse to DHS. (K) Maintain confidentiality and safeguard the participant and the participant's family's information. (L) Not be listed on the Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General or the U.S. General Services Administration's Exclusion lists. (M) Complete and pass an on-line readiness assessment. The readiness assessment includes, but is not limited to, concepts on: (i) Effective communication skills; (ii) Professional boundaries; (iii) Preventing fraud and abuse; (iv) Problem solving; (v) Universal precautions and disease prevention; (vi) Proper body mechanics; and (vii) Medication safety. (b) DENIAL OF PROVIDER ENROLLMENT. The Oregon Home Care Commission may deny an application for provider enrollment in the Homecare Choice Program when: (A) The applicant has a history of violating protective service and abuse rules in OAR chapter 407, division 45, OAR chapter 411 division 20, OAR chapter 413, division 15, or OAR chapter 943, division 45. (B) The applicant has an unacceptable background check. (C) The applicant is under 18 years of age. (D) The applicant is listed on the Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General or the U.S. General Services Administration's Exclusion lists. (E) The applicant has committed fiscal improprieties. (F) The Oregon Home Care Commission has information that enrolling the applicant as a provider may put vulnerable individuals at risk. (G) The applicant's Social Security Number does not match the applicant's legal name, as verified by the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration. (H) The applicant is not capable of performing essential functions to safely provide necessary services or is not capable of learning essential functions to safely provide necessary services. (I) The applicant does not have sufficient communication and language skill to enable him or her to perform duties and interact effectively with participants and Commission staff. (J) The applicant does not complete and pass a readiness assessment. (c) VIOLATIONS RESULTING IN TERMINATION OF PROVIDER ENROLLMENT. The Oregon Home Care Commission may terminate a provider enrolled in the Homecare Choice Program in the following circumstances: (A) The provider's enrollment as a homecare worker has been terminated based on violations described in OAR 411-031-0050. (B) The provider's enrollment as a personal support worker has been terminated based on violations described in OAR 410-172-0200 or 411-375-0070. (C) There is a substantiated complaint against a provider for: (i) Being impaired by alcohol, inhalants, prescription drugs, or other drugs, including over-the-counter medications, while responsible for the care of a participant, in the participant's home, or transporting the participant; or (ii) Manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering to sell, trading, or personally using illegal drugs while providing authorized services to a participant or while in the participant's home. (D) The provider has a founded or substantiated allegation of abuse as described in OAR chapter 407, division 045, OAR chapter 411, division 20, OAR chapter 413, division 15, or OAR chapter 943, division 45. (E) The provider fails to provide services as required. (F) The provider lacks the ability or willingness to maintain confidentiality and safeguard the participant and the participant's family's information. (G) The provider has an unacceptable background check. (H) The provider has repeatedly demonstrated he or she is unable or unwilling to safely provide necessary services. (I) The provider has repeatedly engaged in any of the following behaviors: (i) Unscheduled late arrival to work or absences from work that are unsatisfactory to the participant or neglect the participant’s service needs; or (ii) Inviting unwelcome guests or pets into a participant's home, resulting in dissatisfaction or inattention to the participant's required service needs. (J) The provider commits fiscal improprieties. (K) The provider is listed on the Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General or the U.S. General Services Administration's Exclusion lists. (L) The provider fails to provide a Social Security Number that matches the provider's legal name, as verified by the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration. (d) INACTIVATION OF PROVIDER ENROLLMENT. A Homecare Choice provider's enrollment may be inactivated when his or her homecare or personal support worker enrollment has been inactivated for reasons described in OAR chapter 411, division 31 or OAR chapter 411, division 375. (A) Homecare Choice providers will be notified in writing of the reason for inactivation and the actions required to maintain eligibility as a provider in the Homecare Choice Program. (B) A Homecare Choice provider who fails to restore his or her homecare or personal support worker enrollment to active status within 30 days of inactivation will not be eligible to participate in the Homecare Choice Program until his or her homecare or personal support worker enrollment is restored to active status. (2) Registry referrals. (a) To be available for referral on the Registry, the provider must: (A) Have an active, unrestricted provider number. (B) Meet the Commission's annual continuing education requirements as a homecare worker or personal support worker. (C) Be seeking employment. (D) Maintain a complete and accurate profile. (E) Update his or her profile information every 30 days. (F) Have a valid telephone number. (G) Have a valid email address. (H) Authorize the release of contact information to perspective participants. (b) If a provider does not meet the requirements in subsection (2)(a), the provider will not be eligible for referral on the Registry until the requirements of (2)(a) are met. (3) A provider is responsible to review qualification requirements and background check due dates and take appropriate action to prevent lapse. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 410.602 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 410.595-625 History: HCC 1-2016, f. 6-13-16, cert. ef. 6-20-16 HCC 1-2015(Temp), f. 12-31-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16 thru 6-28-16