(a)

1. (1) Respite services are temporary, short-term services provided to relieve a beneficiary’s primary caregiver or caregivers or because of a primary caregiver or caregivers emergency absence.
2. (2) Receipt of respite services does not preclude a beneficiary from receiving other CES Waiver services on the same day.
3. (3) Respite services cannot supplant the responsibility of a parent or legal guardian.

(b) A provider of respite services must maintain the following documentation in the beneficiary’s service record for each day a beneficiary receives respite services:

1. (1) The name and sign-in/sign-out times for each direct care staff member providing respite services;
2. (2) The specific respite activities performed;
3. (3) The date and beginning and ending time of each respite activity performed; and
4. (4) Name or names of the direct care staff performing each respite activity.