173-36-04.2 Caregiver standards.

An AAA may only certify a home as an adult foster home if the caregiver(s) in that home and any other person in that home who is providing services to a resident for more than six hours over a forty-hour period meet the following standards:

(A) The caregiver provides documentation to the AAA showing that the caregiver is free of any communicable diseases, unless efforts are made to minimize the likelihood that the disease will be transmitted to a resident;

(B) The caregiver provides the AAA with documentation from a licensed physician who examined the caregiver and certified that the caregiver is physically and mentally capable of providing care to residents; and,

(C) The caregiver complies with the criminal records check requirements of section 173.394 of the Revised Code and rule 173-9-01 of the Administrative Code.

Effective: 02/15/2009

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/14/2008 and 10/31/2013

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 173.02, 173.36

Rule Amplifies: 173.36

Prior Effective Dates: 2/1/1994 (Emer.); 5/3/1994; 4/26/1998; 7/13/2003; 01/01/2008