(a) The service recipient or legal guardian, the provider agency, and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) case manager identify an applicant to be screened for approval to serve as the companion.

(b) Approval by DDSD for a person to provide Agency Companion Services (ACS) requires that the applicant:

• (1) is 21 years of age or older;
• (2) has attended the DDSD or provider agency ACS orientation;
• (3) is employed by, or contracts with, a provider agency having a current contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide ACS;
• (4) submits the completed DDSD application packet in accordance with OAC 317:40-5-40 within the required time period to designated DDSD staff or the provider agency staff;
• (5) cooperates with the designated DDSD staff or the provider agency staff in the development and completion of the home profile approval process described in OAC 317:40-5-40; and
• (6) has completed all training required by OAC 340:100-3-38, including medication administration training, and all provider agency pre-employment training as described in OAC 317:40-5-40.