Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1961: Definitions

As used in the Home Care Act:

1. “Board” means the State Board of Health;

2. “Certification” means verification of appropriate training

and competence established by the State Commissioner of Health by

rules promulgated pursuant to the Home Care Act for home health

aides and home care agency administrators;

3. “Department” means the State Department of Health;

4. “Health care provider” means a physician, physician

assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse recognized by the

Oklahoma Board of Nursing as a Certified Nurse Practitioner or a

Clinical Nurse Specialist;

5. “Home care agency” means any sole proprietorship,

partnership, association, corporation or other organization which

administers, offers or provides home care services, for a fee or

pursuant to a contract for such services, to clients in their place

of residence. The term home care agency shall not include:

a. individuals who contract with the Department of Human

Services to provide personal care services, provided

such individuals shall not be exempt from

certification as home health aides,

b. organizations that contract with the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority as intermediary services organizations

(ISOs) to provide federal Internal Revenue Service

fiscal and supportive services to Oklahoma Consumer-

Directed Personal Assistance Services and Supports

(CD-PASS) waiver program participants who have

employer responsibility for hiring, training,

directing and managing an individual personal care

attendant,

c. CD-PASS waiver program employer participants, or

d. PACE organizations as defined by 42 C.F.R., Section

460.6;

6. “Home care services” means skilled or personal care services

provided to clients in their place of residence for a fee;

7. “Home health aide” means an individual who provides personal

care to clients in their temporary or permanent place of residence

for a fee;

8. “Home care agency administrator” means a person who

operates, manages, supervises, or is in charge of a home care

agency;

9. “Personal care” means assistance with dressing, bathing,

ambulation, exercise or other personal needs;

10. “Skilled care” means home care services performed on a

regular basis by:

a. a trained respiratory therapist/technician,

b. a person currently licensed by this state including

but not limited to a Licensed Practical Nurse,

Registered Nurse, physical therapist, occupational

therapist, speech therapist, or social worker, or

c. for the exclusive purpose of the program established

under Section 1 of this act and subject to the scope

of practice standards and restrictions established by

the Authority under Section 1 of this act, a family

member of a Medicaid enrollee who is recognized by the

Authority as a family caregiver;

11. “Standby assistance” means supervision of client directed

activities with verbal prompting and infrequent, incidental hands-on

intervention only; and

12. “Supportive home assistant” means an individual employed by

a home care agency who provides standby assistance to ambulatory

clients, in conjunction with other companionship or homemaker

services, in the temporary or permanent place of residence of the

client for a fee.