(a) “Home health agency” means a private or public organization, including, but not limited to, any partnership, corporation, political subdivision of the state, or other government agency within the state, which provides, or arranges for the provision of, skilled nursing services, to persons in their temporary or permanent place of residence.
(b) “Skilled nursing services” means services provided by a registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse.
(c) “Home Health Aide” means an aide who has successfully completed a state-approved training program, is employed by a home health agency or hospice program, and provides personal care services in the patient’s home.
(d) “Home health aide services” means personal care services provided under a plan of treatment prescribed by the patient’s physician and surgeon who is licensed to practice medicine in the state. Home health aide services shall be provided by a person certified by the state department as a home health aide pursuant to this chapter. Services which do not involve personal care services provided under a plan of treatment prescribed by a physician and surgeon may be provided by a person who is not a certified home health aide. Home health aide services shall not include services provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1246, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)