A. The director shall provide counties with nonbinding guidelines for their use in establishing contract standards for adult foster care providers that do not provide services pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title. These nonbinding guidelines shall include standards for the self-administration of drugs that the foster care provider shall follow in conjunction with home health services and outpatient services.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-410

  • Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Adult foster care home: means a residential setting that provides room and board and adult foster care services for at least one and not more than four adults who are participants in the Arizona long-term care system pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title or contracts for services with the United States department of veterans affairs and in which the sponsor or the manager resides with the residents and integrates the residents who are receiving adult foster care into that person's family. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-401

B. The director shall adopt rules that the counties or the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall use in prescribing minimum standards for adult foster care providers that provide services pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title. The director shall conform these rules with federally approved applicable standards for adult foster care homes. The director shall delegate the authority to enforce these rules to each county that accepts this delegation or to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. The department shall monitor an adult foster care program to ensure compliance with department rules. If a county or the Arizona health care cost containment system administration does not accept the delegation, the department shall certify and monitor an adult foster care home pursuant to section 36-409 if that home seeks to participate in the Arizona long-term care system pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title.

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