5-19-206.7. Remote work authorized - definition.
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(1)Subject to rules adopted by the administrator, nothing in this part 2 prohibits a registered provider from permitting its employees to work from a remote location so long as the registered provider:
(a)Ensures that no in-person customer interactions are conducted at the remote location and does not designate the remote location to consumers as a business location;
(b)Maintains appropriate safeguards for registered provider and consumer data, information, and records, including the use of secure virtual private networks, also known as "VPNs", where appropriate;
(c)Employs appropriate risk-based monitoring and oversight processes of work performed from a remote location and maintains records of the monitoring and oversight processes;
(d)Ensures consumer information and records are not maintained at a remote location;
(e)Ensures consumer and registered provider information and records remain accessible and available for regulatory oversight and examination; and
(f)Provides appropriate employee training to ensure employees working from a remote location keep all conversations about and with consumers that are conducted from the remote location confidential, as if conducted from a commercial location, and to ensure that employees working at a remote location work in an environment that is conducive and appropriate to ensuring privacy and confidential conversations.
(2)As used in this section, "remote location" means a private residence of an employee of a registered provider or another location selected by the employee and approved by the registered provider.