Personal care means services provided to a service recipient who does not require chronic or convalescent medical or nursing care. Personal care is the safekeeping and supervision of the service recipient’s self-administration of prescription medication along with any of the following services: (1) responsibility for the safety of the service recipient, (2) a daily awareness by the management and staff of the service recipient’s functioning, (3) knowledge of his or her whereabouts, (4) reminding a service recipient of appointments, (5) the ability and readiness to intervene if a crisis arises for a service recipient, and/or (6) supervision in the following areas for the service recipient’s major life activities, self-care, self- direction, capacity for independent living or economic self-sufficiency.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, and 33-2-404. Administrative History: Original rule filed November 16, 1978; effective January 1, 1979. Amendment filed May 22, 1979; effective July 10, 1979. Repeal and new rule filed June 30, 1986; effective July 30, 1986. Amendments filed February 24, 2026; effective May 25, 2026.