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(c) The department will not pay for services provided by a personal care assistant if

(1) the personal care assistant is not associated with the personal care services agency that requests a background check for that individual in accordance with 7 AAC 10.900 — 7 AAC 10.990 (barrier crimes and conditions; background checks);

(2) the department determines under 7 AAC 10.900 — 7 AAC 10.990 that a barrier crime or condition exists with respect to a personal care assistant or revokes a background check under 7 AAC 10.945; however, the department will not withhold payment if it grants a provisional valid history check under 7 AAC 10.920, a redetermination under 7 AAC 10.927, or a variance under 7 AAC 10.930 and 7 AAC 10.935; or

(3) the personal care assistant does not have on file documentation of training required under (d) of this section or 7 AAC 125.100(a). (d) A personal care services agency that provides agency-based services or manages a consumer-directed program must have on file, for each personal care assistant, certification documents showing successful completion of

(1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that meets the standards of the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross; evidence of CPR training must be documented at least every two years;

(2) first aid training that meets the standards of the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross; evidence of first aid training must be documented at least every two years;

(3) assistance with self-administration of medication training that addresses the activities set out in the definition of “assisting a recipient with self-administration of prescribed oral medication, eye drops, and skin ointments” in 7 AAC 125.030(g); and

(4) use of restrictive intervention training under 7 AAC 125.104. (e) Repealed 9/18/2022. (f) Repealed 9/18/2022. (g) A personal care services agency may not submit a claim for services rendered by a personal care assistant unless

(1) the agency has associated the personal care assistant with that agency on the department’s electronic database described in 7 AAC 10.915(c);

(2) the department has given written notice to the agency that

(A) under 7 AAC 10.900 — 7 AAC 10.990 a barrier crime or condition does not exist with respect to the personal care assistant; or

(B) the department granted to that personal care assistant a provisional valid background check under 7 AAC 10.920, a redetermination under 7 AAC 10.927, or a variance