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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.09.23.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="23" heading="Provider Qualifications.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>EPSDT screening and treatment providers shall meet all of the licensure and certification requirements specified in this or any other applicable chapter of COMAR, statute, or policy for the service that the provider renders.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In order for the Program to consider a health care practitioner for certification by the Healthy Kids Program as an EPSDT screening provider, the practitioner shall have a demonstrated history of providing services to children younger than 21 years old and shall also:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed in good standing and legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery in the jurisdiction in which the service is provided; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Board-certified in one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Pediatrics;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Family practice; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Internal medicine; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a pediatric or family nurse practitioner or a physician assistant who is licensed in good standing and certified to practice in the jurisdiction in which services are provided.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A freestanding clinic as defined in COMAR 10.09.08 shall be considered for certification by the Healthy Kids Program as an EPSDT screening provider if the clinic employs or contracts with one or more of the licensed health care practitioners listed in §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Any health care practitioner whose professional services are recognized in §1905(a) of the Social Security Act may apply to the Program to be an EPSDT treatment provider.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>EPSDT treatment providers that are covered by the Program include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The following provider types that are licensed in good standing to practice in the jurisdiction in which services are provided:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Chiropractors;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Nurse psychotherapists;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Nutritionists or dietitians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Occupational therapists;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Professional counselors;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Psychologists;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Social workers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Speech therapists; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>An intermediate care facility that provides at least one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Clinically managed high intensity residential treatment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Medically monitored intensive inpatient treatment;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Lead paint risk assessors who are accredited by the Maryland Department of the Environment in accordance with COMAR 26.16.01.16;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Audiologists and hearing aid providers, as specified in COMAR 10.09.51.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Dentists as specified in COMAR 10.09.05.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Private duty nurses, as specified in COMAR 10.09.53.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Residential treatment centers, as specified in COMAR 10.09.29.02;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Therapeutic behavioral service providers, as specified in COMAR 10.09.34.02; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Vision care and optical providers, as specified in COMAR 10.09.14.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Therapeutic nursery service providers, as specified in COMAR 10.21.18.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>In order to qualify as an EPSDT treatment provider, an intermediate care facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be licensed under COMAR 10.63.03 or certified under COMAR 10.47.02, whichever is appropriate; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If appropriate, provide separate social, residential, dietary, and recreational activities for children and adolescents.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>