Oregon Statutes 410.608 – Selection of home care or personal support worker; right to terminate employment; eligibility determination made by Department of Human Services
(1) An elderly person or a person with a disability who hires a home care worker or personal support worker has the right to select the home care worker or personal support worker, including a family member.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 410.608
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- person with a disability: means any person who:
(a) Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities;
(b) Has a record of such an impairment; or
(c) Is regarded as having such an impairment. See Oregon Statutes 174.107
(2) An elderly person or a person with a disability who hires a home care worker or personal support worker has the right to terminate the employment of the home care worker or personal support worker at any time and for any reason.
(3) The Department of Human Services shall determine the eligibility of an elderly person or a person with a disability to receive home care services under the Medicaid program and state-funded long term care services. [2001 c.901 § 5; 2007 c.70 § 181; 2018 c.75 § 14]
[1981 c.183 § 1; 1987 c.428 § 27; 1989 c.721 § 50; renumbered 124.050 in 1995]