Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3304 - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities › Chapter 3304-4 - Personal Care Assistance Program › Section 3304-4-01 - Definitions for the personal care assistance program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following terms are used throughout Chapter 3304-4 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A)
			 "Applicant" means a person who has applied for  services from the personal care
			 assistance program.
(B) "Assistant" means a
			 person who provides personal assistance services.
(C) "Competitive
			 employment" means full-time or part-time work in the competitive labor market
			 in an integrated setting and for which earnings are at or above the minimum
			 wage, but not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the
			 employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals who are not
			 disabled; and for which earnings are equivalent to at least twenty hours per
			 week at the minimum wage.
(D) "Days" means
			 working days.
(E) "Employed" means
			 engaged in competitive work.
(F) "Employer costs"
			 means costs incurred as a result of employing a personal care attendant as a W2
			 employee or 1099 contractor.
(G) "Integrated
			 setting," with respect to an employment outcome, means a setting typically
			 found in the community in which participants interact with persons who do not
			 have a disability, other than service providers, to the same extent that
			 nondisabled persons in comparable positions interact with other
			 persons.
(H) "Participant" means
			 an eligible person who is authorized to receive reimbursement for wages paid
			 for personal assistance services through the personal care assistance
			 program.
(I) "PCA" means the
			 personal care assistance program.
(J) "Personal
			 assistance services" means services that help a person who has a severe
			 physical disability perform the activities of daily living.
(K)
			 "Program" means the OOD personal care assistance program.
(L)
			 "OOD"  means the opportunities for
			 Ohioans with disabilities agency that administers the personal care assistance
			 program.
(M) "Severe physical
			 disability" means a physical impairment that substantially limits a person's
			 functional capability to engage in major life activities, thus requiring
			 assistance with a minimum of three of the following activities of daily living:
(1) Ambulating - the ability to move about,
			 with or without devices like canes, crutches, walkers, manual or power
			 wheelchairs;
(2) Bathing - getting
			 in and out of the shower/tub, ensuring safety while bathing, applying cleansing
			 agent, rinsing, and drying;
(3)
			 Bladder care - managing the use of a catheter and urine bag;
(4) Bowel program - regular emptying of the bowels for cleansing and
			 health;
(5) Communication services - assisting with
			 verbal, written, and signed communication;
(6) Dressing - selecting clothing, putting on
			 and taking off clothing/prosthesis (including fastening and unfastening
			 clothing articles/prosthesis);
(7)
			 Driver services - assistance with transportation with a driver who is not
			 compensated through other funding sources;
(8) Eating - getting food or drink from a
			 plate/bowl to the mouth, chewing, and swallowing;
(9) Fine motor activities - coordinating
			 small muscles of hand, fingers, toes, wrists, lips, tongue, including the
			 ability to grasp, pick up, and release objects;
(10) Grooming - hair care, nail care, oral
			 hygiene, and skin care (including applying or removing makeup);
(11) Household chores - cleaning, organizing
			 and maintaining the space in the home;
(12) Laundry - washing, drying, folding,
			 hanging, ironing, and mending clothing and household items;
(13) Meal preparation - planning meals,
			 obtaining groceries, opening food packages, safely using kitchen appliances,
			 and cooking/reheating meals;
(14)
			 Medication management - obtaining, organizing, and maintaining medications, and
			 taking medications as directed;
(15) Physical therapy exercises - therapeutic
			 exercises to promote optimal physical functioning and pain management,
			 including range of motion exercises;
(16) Reading services - oral presentation of
			 text;
(17) Record keeping -
			 preparing and managing correspondence, filing, completing forms, writing
			 personal checks;
(18) Toileting -
			 using a toilet/bedpan/urinal, changing incontinence supplies or feminine
			 hygiene products, and self-cleansing, including a formal bowel
			 program;
(19) Transfers /
			 repositioning - moving from one position to another; and
(20) Ventilator maintenance - monitoring and
			 promoting the safe use of a ventilator, including suctioning.