Instructions for implementing AB 876 , which prohibits an IHSS provider applicant from signing his/her own individual waiver request as a recipient’s authorized representative. Potential providers who were convicted of certain “Tier 2” crimes are barred, unless the recipient signs a waiver. The exceptions are for provider applicants who are a parent, guardian or person having legal custody of a minor recipient or the conservator, spouse or registered domestic partner of an adult recipient. [Download]