23 Miss. Code. R. 201-2.6 - Non-Emergency Transportation (NET) Driver Requirements
A. The non-emergency transportation (NET)
Broker must ensure that all NET drivers complete a criminal background check
verifying the NET driver is not excluded per Miss. Code Ann. §
43-13-121.
[Refer to Miss. Admin. Code Part 201, Rule
2.1.B. 10.]
B. The NET Broker must ensure NET drivers:
1. Abide by federal, state, and local laws.
2. Be at least eighteen (18) years
of age and have a current valid driver's license to operate the assigned
vehicle.
3. Be courteous, patient
and helpful to all passengers and be neat and clean in appearance.
4. Wear a visible, easily read name tag which
identifies the employee and the employer.
5. Provide an appropriate level of assistance
to a beneficiary when requested or when necessitated by the beneficiary's
mobility status or personal condition, including curb-to-curb, door-to-door,
and hand-to-hand assistance, as required.
a)
The NET driver must confirm the beneficiary is safely inside the residence or
facility before departing the drop-off point.
b) The NET driver is responsible for properly
securing any mobility devices used by the beneficiary.
6. Assist beneficiaries in the process of
being seated, confirm all seat belts are fastened properly and all passengers
are safely and properly secured.
7.
Park the vehicle:
a) In a safe location out
of traffic if a beneficiary or other passenger's behavior or any other
condition impedes the safe operation of the vehicle, notify the dispatcher and
request assistance.
b) To prevent
the beneficiary from crossing streets to reach the entrance of their
destination.
8. Must
provide verbal directions to passengers as appropriate.
9. Notify the NET provider immediately of an
emergency such as an accident/ incident or vehicle breakdown to arrange for
alternative transportation for the beneficiaries on board. The NET provider
must report all accidents/incidents and breakdowns to the NET Broker.
10. Report all no-shows immediately to the
NET provider and the NET provider must notify the NET Broker so the
authorization can be cancelled.
C. The NET Broker must ensure NET drivers do
not:
1. Leave a beneficiary unattended at any
time.
2. Use alcohol, narcotics,
illegal drugs, or prescription medications that impair their ability to
perform.
3. Smoke in the vehicle,
while assisting a beneficiary or in the presence of a beneficiary or allow
beneficiaries or their adult attendant to smoke in the vehicle.
4. Wear any type of headphones while on duty,
with the exception of hands-free headsets for mobile telephones which can only
be used for communication with the NET provider or to call 911 in an emergency.
5. Touch any passenger except as
appropriate and necessary to assist the passenger into or out of the vehicle,
into a seat and to secure the seatbelt or as necessary to render first aid or
assistance which the NET driver has been trained.
6. Provide NET services to Medicaid
beneficiaries without completing a national and state background check.
D. The NET Broker must
ensure a NET driver is removed from NET service if he/she:
1. Fails an annual random drug test.
2. Is convicted of:
a) Two (2) moving violations or accidents
related to transportation provided under the NET Broker Program, or
b) Any federal or state crime listed in Miss.
Code Ann. §
43-13-121.
3. Has a suspended or revoked driver's
license for moving traffic violations in the previous five (5) years.
Notes
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