West Virginia Code 15-2C-7 – Registration of home care agencies required; form of registration; information to be provided
(a) In order to permit providers of home care services not otherwise required to be licensed, certified or registered with the Department of Health and Human Resources by other provision of this code to access information in the central abuse registry, all home care service providers not currently licensed, certified or registered by the department shall register with the office of health facilities licensure and certification. No fee may be charged for registration. Registration information shall be provided on a registration form, but no provision of information shall be deemed to meet the registration requirement until the signature of the service provider is recorded on the registration form.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 15-2C-7
- home care services: means services provided to children or incapacitated adults or adults receiving behavioral health services in the home through a hospice provider, a community care provider, a home health agency, through the Medicaid waiver program, or through any person when that service is reimbursable under the state Medicaid program. See West Virginia Code 15-2C-1
- registry: means the registry created by this article which contains the names of individuals who have been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor offense constituting abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of the property of a child or an incapacitated adult or an adult receiving behavioral health services. See West Virginia Code 15-2C-1
(b) Information required for registration shall include the following:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the service provider;
(2) The geographic area where services are provided to consumers, the number of homes where services are provided and the number of consumers provided service; and
(3) The services, such as nursing care or personal assistance, provided to consumers.