PURPOSE: This rule defines terms used relating to Service Credits and the Older Volunteer Service Bank Program.

1. (1) Approved agency, sponsoring agency or approved sponsoring agency shall mean any agency which provides services to the elderly and handicapped and which has been approved by the Division of Aging as meeting the criteria in 13 CSR 15-3.020 so that volunteers can receive redeemable credits for services provided.
2. (2) Beneficiary shall mean an individual sixty
3. (60) years of age or older who receives credit for service performed by a donor. A beneficiary shall be either someone named specifically by a donor or someone not specifically named but someone who is part of an organization which is specifically named by a donor to receive credits for the use of its members.
4. (3) Caregiver shall mean the person who either provides twenty-four (24)-hour care to a recipient in his/her home or who, if living in another location, has twenty-four (24)- hour responsibility for the recipient’s wellbeing requiring at least daily direct in-person contact.
5. (4) Credit or service credit shall mean the unit of account on which the service credit program is based.
6. (5) Director shall mean the director of the Division of Aging.
7. (6) Division shall mean the Division of Aging of the Missouri Department of Social Services.
8. (7) Donor shall mean a person registered with an approved sponsoring agency who is ineligible to receive credits for him/herself or who chooses not to receive credit for OVSB volunteer services and elects to transfer the credit(s) to a beneficiary of his/her choice.
9. (8) Older Volunteer Service Bank (OVSB) shall mean the program designed by the Division of Aging to provide service credits to qualified volunteers who provide in-home respite care.
10. (9) Participating agency or participating organization shall mean an agency or unincorporated organization which is involved with the OVSB program under the auspices of an approved sponsoring agency.
11. (10) Recipient shall mean an individual over the age of eighteen (18) who is dependent on someone on a twenty-four (24)-hour basis to provide oversight for his/her care.
12. (11) Respite care shall mean the temporary relief provided to a caregiver who has twenty-four (24)-hour responsibility for a homebound person living either with the caregiver or separately, provided s/he is dependent upon the caregiver or separately provided, s/he is dependent upon the caregiver’s physical presence at least once daily to assure his/her well-being.
13. (12) Volunteer or OVSB volunteer shall mean a person who is registered by an approved sponsoring agency to provide services to the elderly and handicapped and receives service credits.
14. (13) Waiver of liability shall mean the waiving of a claim for consequential damages by a volunteer or by a recipient.

AUTHORITY: sections 208.300–208.305, RSMo Supp. 1987.* This rule previously filed as 13 CSR 15-3.010. Original rule filed Sept. 15, 1988, effective Jan. 27, 1989. Moved to 19 CSR 15-3.010, effective Aug. 28, 2001. *Original authority: 208.300–208.305, please see Revised Statutes of Missouri.