West Virginia Code 16-5E-3 – Registration of service providers required; form of registration; information to be provided
(a) Service providers shall register with the director. No fee may be charged for registration. Registration information shall be provided on a registration form or may be verbally communicated to the director for placement by the director on the form, but no provision of information may 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 16-5E-3
- Director: means the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources or his or her designee. See West Virginia Code 16-5E-2
- Nursing care: means those procedures commonly employed in providing for the physical, emotional and rehabilitational needs of the ill or otherwise incapacitated which require technical skills and knowledge beyond that which the untrained person possesses, including, but not limited to, such procedures as: Irrigations. See West Virginia Code 16-5E-2
- Personal assistance: means personal services, including, but not limited to, the following: Help in walking, bathing, dressing, feeding or getting in or out of bed, or supervision required because of the age or physical or mental impairment of the resident. See West Virginia Code 16-5E-2
- Service provider: means the individual administratively responsible for providing to consumers for a period of more than twenty-four hours, whether for compensation or not, services of personal assistance for one to three residents and who may require limited and intermittent nursing care, including those individuals who qualify for and are receiving services coordinated by a licensed hospice: Provided, That services utilizing equipment which requires auxiliary electrical power in the event of a power failure may not be used unless the home has a backup power generator. See West Virginia Code 16-5E-2
(b) Information required for registration shall include the following:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the service provider;
(2) Address and telephone numbers where services are provided to residents and the number of residents provided service;
(3) The services, such as nursing care or personal assistance, provided to residents; and
(4) Other information required by rules promulgated by the director.
(c) The director may deny registration if the information provided in an application is known by the applicant to be false or the applicant fails to report required information.
(d) A legally unlicensed provider may operate no more than one legally unlicensed home.