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agency. (a) A personal care assistant employed by a personal care services agency shall maintain for Medicaid billing purposes a contemporaneous record of services provided for each recipient that must include

(1) a copy of the service level authorization that the department has approved under 7 AAC 125.024 and that is signed by or bears the legal mark of the recipient, the recipient’s representative, or the representative’s designee;

(2) a copy of any amendments to the recipient’s service level authorization prepared under 7 AAC 125.026 and approved by the department;

(3) documentation, in the form of case notes, of services provided in accordance with the service level authorization; and

(4) timesheets that indicate

(A) the date, time, and length of each visit, and the services provided during each visit; and

(B) for each visit, the signature or legal mark of the recipient, the recipient’s representative, or the representative’s designee verifying that the services were provided as reported by the personal care assistant. (b) If a recipient changes personal care assistants or discontinues personal care services from the provider agency, the former personal care assistant shall deliver the record required under (a) of this section to the appropriate personal care agency chosen by the recipient not later than two business days after the date of the change. (c) If a personal care assistant terminates employment, the personal care assistant shall deliver the record required under (a) of this section to the appropriate personal care services agency not later than two business days after the date of termination. (d) A personal care assistant may not

(1) accept payment in any form from a recipient for any Medicaid-reimbursable service; or

(2) solicit clients for personal care services. (e) A personal care assistant shall keep all information concerning a recipient confidential in accordance with P.L. 104-191 (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). (f) A personal care assistant is subject to the reporting requirements of AS 47.17.020 and AS 47.24.010. (g) If a personal care assistant is charged with, convicted of, found not guilty by reason of insanity for, or adjudicated as a delinquent for, a barrier crime listed in 7 AAC 10.905,