Title: 28 Pa. Code Chapter 611. Home Care Agencies And Home Care Registries
Headings: CHAPTER 611. HOME CARE AGENCIES AND HOME CARE REGISTRIES
CHAPTER 611. HOME CARE AGENCIES AND HOME CARE REGISTRIES
GENERAL
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
GENERAL
§ 611.1. Legal base.
§ 611.2. License required.
§ 611.3. Affected home care agencies and home care registries.
§ 611.4. Requirements for home care agencies and home care registries.
§ 611.5. Definitions.
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
§ 611.51. Hiring or rostering of direct care workers.
§ 611.52. Criminal background checks.
§ 611.53. Child abuse clearance.
§ 611.54. Provisional hiring.
§ 611.55. Competency requirements.
§ 611.56. Health screening.
§ 611.57. Consumer protections.

Content: Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act —The Health Care Facilities Act (35 P. S. § § 448.101—448.904b). ChildLine —An organizational unit of the Department of Public Welfare which operates a State-wide toll-free system for receiving reports of suspected child abuse established under 23 Pa. C.S. 6332 (relating to establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number), refers the reports for investigation and maintains the reports in the appropriate file. ChildLine verification —Confirmation regarding whether an applicant for employment or referral by a home care agency or home care registry is named in the Department of Public Welfare’s Statewide Central Register as the perpetrator of a founded or indicated report of child abuse (as defined in 55 Pa. Code § 3490.4 (relating to definitions)). Companionship services —Socialization, support and assistance with instrumental activities of daily living. Consumer —An individual to whom services are provided. Consumer control —Control and direction by the consumer in identifying, exercising choice of, and managing home care services in accordance with the consumer’s needs and personal preferences. Criminal history report —A State Police criminal history record or a Department of Aging letter of determination of eligibility for hire or roster based on a review of a Federal criminal history record.