(a) The Department of Health is hereby authorized to compensate the following personnel responsible for providing in-home health care as necessary to maintain continuity of care outside routine working hours on weekdays and on weekends or holidays:

(1) R055 Hlth Public Hlth Nursing Prog. Coord;

(2) L082 Nursing Services Specialist;

(3) L033 Home Health Nurse I;

(4) L034 Home Health Nurse II;

(5) L138 Speech Pathologist I;

(6) L140 Speech Pathologist II;

(7) L142 Speech Pathologist Supervisor;

(8) L102 Physical Therapist I;

(9) L104 Physical Therapist II;

(10) L106 Physical Therapy Supervisor;

(11) M086 Social Worker I;

(12) M088 Social Worker II;

(13) L086 Occupational Therapist I;

(14) L088 Occupational Therapist II;

(15) L090 Occupational Therapist Supervisor;

(16) R056 Hlth. Pub. Hlth. Nursing Program Administrator;

(17) L047 LPN I;

(18) L049 LPN II;

(19) L154 Public Hlth. Nurse I;

(20) L156 Public Hlth. Nurse II;

(21) L021 PH Technician II; and

(22) L155 PH Technician I.

(b)

(1) Visit pay shall not exceed forty-five dollars ($45.00) per visit.

(2) Employees requested to be on-call or on standby, or both, for visiting on nights, weekends or holidays, or both, will be eligible to receive on-call pay not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) per day.

(3)

(A) Provided, however, no compensation shall be paid to any employees required to be on-call or on standby, or both, who fail to respond after the second notification that their services are needed.

(B) In the event of equipment or paging device malfunction, the penalty shall not apply.

(4) All compensated services shall be provided as directed by the department.

(5)

(A) All visit and on-call pay shall be paid from funds from in-home services extra salaries as appropriated in this act.

(B) The compensation for visit and on-call pay when added to the employee's regular salary and benefits shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum annual salary as described in the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq.