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(2) cooperate with the department in reviews of the recipient’s service level authorization;

(3) cooperate with the department and with other state and federal oversight agencies during compliance reviews, investigations, or audits; and

(4) sign timesheets in accordance with 7 AAC 125.030(a)(3). (c) If the recipient’s representative is unable to act on behalf of the recipient because the recipient’s representative is not present in the recipient’s community and involved in the day-to-day care of the recipient, the recipient’s representative must designate, on a form provided by the department, an individual that must act in accordance with (b) of this section. In addition,

(1) if the recipient receives services through a consumer-directed personal care services program, the representative’s designee must act in accordance with the requirements of 7 AAC 125.140;

(2) the representative’s designee must be

(A) at least 18 years of age;

(B) present in the recipient’s community, and involved in the day-to-day care of the recipient; and

(C) willing to manage and evaluate the recipient’s personal care services as those services are provided in the recipient’s home; and

(3) the representative may not designate a public home care provider or individual affiliated with a public home care provider to act on behalf of the recipient under this subsection; in this paragraph, “public home care provider” has the meaning given in AS 47.05.017(c). (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 6/29/2017, Register 222; am 7/22/2017, Register 223) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 Editor’s note: The hotline number for the department’s adult protective services is (800) 478-9996. The child abuse hotline number for the department is (800) 478-4444.