As used in ORS 443.014 to 443.105: (1) Caregiver registry means a person that prequalifies, establishes and maintains a roster of qualified private contractor caregivers that is provided to a client or the clients representative for consideration in the hiring of an individual to provide caregiver services within the clients place of residence. (2) Home health agency means a public or private agency providing coordinated home health services on a home visiting basis. Home health agency does not include: (a) Any visiting nurse service or home health service conducted by and for those who rely upon spiritual means through prayer alone for healing in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination. (b) Those home health services offered by local health departments outside, and in addition to, programs formally designated and funded as home health agencies. (3) Home health services means items and services furnished to an individual by a home health agency, or by others under arrangements with such agency, on a visiting basis, in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as the individuals home for the purpose of maintaining that individual at home. [Formerly 443.005]
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