[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR552.6]

[Page 227]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 552_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO DOMESTIC SERVICE
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Regulations
 
Sec. 552.6  Companionship services for the aged or infirm.

    As used in section 13(a)(15) of the Act, the term companionship 
services shall mean those services which provide fellowship, care, and 
protection for a person who, because of advanced age or physical or 
mental infirmity, cannot care for his or her own needs. Such services 
may include household work related to the care of the aged or infirm 
person such as meal preparation, bed making, washing of clothes, and 
other similar services. They may also include the performance of general 
household work: Provided, however, That such work is incidental, i.e., 
does not exceed 20 percent of the total weekly hours worked. The term 
``companionship services'' does not include services relating to the 
care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are 
performed by trained personnel, such as a registered or practical nurse. 
While such trained personnel do not qualify as companions, this fact 
does not remove them from the category of covered domestic service 
employees when employed in or about a private household.