Sec. 10.09.20.09. Covered Services — Personal Assistance

A. The Program covers personal assistance services that are approved in the plan of service and rendered to a participant by a qualified provider in the participant’s home or a community setting.

B. The Program covers the following services when provided by a personal assistance provider:

(1) Assistance with activities of daily living;

(2) Delegated nursing functions if this assistance is:

(a) Specified in the participant’s plan of service; and

(b) Rendered in accordance with the Maryland Nurse Practice Act, COMAR 10.27.11, and other requirements of the Maryland Board of Nursing;

(3) Assistance with tasks requiring judgment to protect a participant from harm or neglect;

(4) Assistance with or completion of instrumental activities of daily living, provided in conjunction with the services covered under §B(1)-(3) of this regulation; and

(5) Assistance with the participant’s self-administration of medications, or administration of medications or other remedies, when ordered by a physician.

C. Personal assistance services may not include:

(1) Services rendered to anyone other than the participant or primarily for the benefit of anyone other than the participant;

(2) The cost of food or meals prepared in or delivered to the home or otherwise received in the community; or

(3) Housekeeping services, other than those incidental to services covered under §B of this regulation.