Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-6-1202. Definitions

(1) “Attendant” means a person who is directly employed by an in-home support service agency to provide, or a family member, including a spouse, providing, in-home support services to eligible persons.

(2) “Authorized representative” means an individual designated by the eligible person receiving services, or by the parent or guardian of the eligible person receiving services, if appropriate, who has the judgment and ability to assist the eligible person receiving services in acquiring and utilizing services under this part 12. The extent of the authorized representative's involvement shall be determined upon designation. The authorized representative shall not be the eligible person's service provider.

(3) “Eligible person” means any person who:

(4) “Health maintenance activities” means health-related tasks as defined in rule by the state board and include, but are not limited to, catheter irrigation; administration of medication, enemas, and suppositories; and wound care.

(4) “Health maintenance activities” means routine and repetitive health-related tasks furnished to a member in the community or in the member's home that is necessary for the health and normal bodily functioning that a person with a disability is physically unable to carry out. “Health maintenance activities” includes skilled tasks typically performed by a certified nursing assistant or a licensed nurse that do not require the clinical assessment and judgment of a licensed nurse.

(5) “In-home support service agency” means an agency that is certified by the state department and provides independent living core services as defined in section 8-85-102(6), C.R.S., and in-home support services.

(6) “In-home support services” means services that are provided in the home and in the community by an attendant under the direction of the eligible person or the eligible person's authorized representative including health maintenance activities and support for activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, and personal care services and homemaker services as defined in rules promulgated by the medical services board pursuant to section 24-4-103, C.R.S.