Covered services of a personal attendant are those services listed in the case service plan which include services such as the following:

1. (1) Practicing infection control methods;
2. (2) Handling and disposing of body fluids;
3. (3) Bathing techniques including bed, tub, and shower;
4. (4) Caring for hair, including shaving;
5. (5) Maintaining oral hygiene, including brushing teeth and cleaning dentures;
6. (6) Dressing and undressing a consumer;
7. (7) Assisting with toileting;
8. (8) Caring for a consumer who is incontinent;
9. (9) Feeding or assisting a consumer with eating, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
10. (10) Planning and preparing meals including shopping for and purchasing food, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
11. (11) Performing routine eye care;
12. (12) Taking a consumer's temperature;
13. (13) Caring of nails and feet;
14. (14) Applying an ace wrap and anti-embolic stockings;
15. (15) Assisting the consumer apply or remove a prosthesis or orthotic;
16. (16) Assisting a consumer with self-administration of medications;
17. (17) Changing dressings on noninfected sores;
18. (18) Caring for skin including giving back rubs;
19. (19) Turning and positioning the consumer in bed;
20. (20) Transferring the consumer;
21. (21) Maintaining the consumer's home in a clean and safe condition, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
22. (22) Making a wrinkle-free bed, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
23. (23) Laundering and mending clothes, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
24. (24) Assisting the consumer with paying bills, balancing a checkbook, and managing a home budget, unless there is another person in the home who is able to perform the task;
25. (25) Performing range of motion exercises designed for the specific consumer;
26. (26) Performing routine ostomy care;
27. (27) Assisting with a bladder and bowel program;
28. (28) Assisting the consumer into and out of a vehicle;
29. (29) Providing ventilator management if the personal attendant is a family member. A consumer who was receiving ventilator management by someone other than a family member before the effective date of this rule change is not affected by this change;
30. (30) Performing tracheostomy care if the personal attendant is a family member. A consumer who was receiving tracheostomy care by someone other than a family member before the effective date of this rule change is not affected by this change;
31. (31) Providing chest physiotherapy;
32. (32) Providing nebulizer therapy; and
33. (33) Applying topical medications.

Source: 21 SDR 230, effective July 13, 1995; 26 SDR 99, effective January 30, 2000; 30 SDR 135, effective March 16, 2004.

General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1(1).

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1(1).