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4668.0060 ADMINISTRATION.
Subpart 1.
Services by contract.
The licensee may contract for services to be provided to its clients. Personnel providing services under contract must meet the same requirements required by this chapter of personnel employed by the licensee.
Subp. 2.
Responsibility of licensee for contractors.
A violation of this chapter by a contractor of the licensee will be considered to be a violation by the licensee.
Subp. 3.
Fulfillment of services.
The licensee shall provide all services required by the client's service agreement, required by part 4668.0140.
Subp. 4.
Scheduled appointments for nonessential services.
If a licensee, contractor, or employee of a licensee is unable, for any reason, to keep a scheduled appointment for a service that is not essential for medical or safety reasons, the licensee shall:
C.
notify the client that the appointment will not be kept, and schedule a new appointment or arrange for some other reasonable alternative.
Subp. 5.
Scheduled appointments for essential services.
If, for medical or safety reasons, a service to be provided must be completed at the scheduled time, and the licensee, contractor, or employee of a licensee is unable, for any reason, to keep the scheduled appointment, the licensee shall make arrangements to complete the service through a contract with another provider or through other reasonable means.
Subp. 6.
Availability of contact person.
Every class A or class B licensee that provides home health aide or home care aide tasks, must have a contact person available for consultation whenever a paraprofessional is performing home health aide or home care aide tasks for a client. The contact person must be available to the paraprofessional in person, by telephone, or by other means.
History:
17 SR 2454; 28 SR 1639; L 2006 c 282 art 19 s 19
Published Electronically:
July 3, 2013
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