Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 15 - STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE (HCBS) PROVIDERS › Section R6-6-1501 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply in this Article:
1. "AHCCCS provider type" means the descriptive category of
				  service types assigned to a provider by AHCCCS during the registration process
				  for individuals or agencies providing services to ALTCS clients.
2. "Applicant" means an agency or individual that has applied
				  to the Division to become certified or to renew a certificate as an HCBS
				  service provider.
3. "Certified instructor" means an individual who has a
				  current certificate to provide instruction for CPR, First Aid, or client
				  intervention techniques.
4. "Client intervention techniques" means methods which
				  provide an individual with defensive skills for dealing with aggressive
				  behaviors and is designed to reduce the chance of physical injury and property
				  destruction and to prevent reinforcement of those aggressive behaviors.
5. "Compliance audit" means an examination of service
				  provider records and interviews which the Division conducts to assess
				  compliance with HCBS certification.
6. "Corrective action plan" means a specific activity
				  prescribed by the Division which directs the service provider to remedy
				  violations of HCBS certification requirements within a specific period of
				  time.
7. "Direct services" means services provided specifically for
				  the benefit of an individual client.
8. "Direct care" means those services provided to a client
				  which result in attention to personal needs and supervision of the
				  client.
9. "HCBS" or "Home and Community-based Services" means one or
				  more of the following services provided to clients:
a. Attendant Care,
b. Day Treatment and Training for Children or Adults,
c. Habilitation,
d. Home Health Aide,
e. Home Health Nurse,
f. Hospice Care,
g. Housekeeping-Chore/Homemaker,
h. Non-Emergency Transportation,
i. Occupational Therapy,
j. Personal Care,
k. Physical Therapy,
l. Respiratory Therapy,
m. Respite services,
n. Speech/Hearing Therapy,
o. Supported Employment,
p. Other comparable services as approved by the AHCCCS
				  Director.
10. "HCBS certificate" means the document the Division issues
				  to a service provider or applicant as evidence the service provider has met the
				  Home and Community-based Service standards in this Article.
11. "HCBS certification" means the process by which the
				  Division ensures that an applicant or service provider meets the standards in
				  this Article for Home and Community-based Services.
12. "Housekeeping" means providing assistance in the
				  performance of activities related to routine household maintenance at a
				  client's residence but does not include any direct care for the client.
13. "Immediate relative" means natural parent, stepparent,
				  adoptive parent, natural child, natural sibling, adoptive child, adoptive
				  sibling, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, spouse, father-in-law,
				  mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or
				  sister-in-law.
14. "Medicare certified" means having received Medicare
				  certification through the Arizona Department of Health
				  Services.