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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.09.55.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="55" heading="Limitations.">
  <text>The Program does not cover the following under these regulations:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Services not encompassed by the physician assistant’s written delegation agreement with the physician, if required by the state in which services are provided;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Services not medically necessary;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Services prohibited by the Board;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Services prohibited in the state in which services are provided;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Physician assistant services included as part of the cost of an inpatient facility, hospital outpatient department, or freestanding clinic;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Visits by or to the physician assistant solely for the purpose of the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prescription, drug, or food supplement pickup;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Recording of an electrocardiogram;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ascertaining the patient's weight;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Interpretation of laboratory tests or panels; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Prescribing or administering oral medications;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Drugs and supplies which are acquired by the licensed and certified physician assistant at no cost;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Injections and visits solely for the administration of injections, unless medical necessity and the patient's inability to take appropriate oral medications are documented in the patient's medical record;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>More than one visit per day per participant unless adequately documented as an emergency situation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Services paid under the free-standing dialysis program described in COMAR 10.09.22;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Physician assistant billings for those laboratory or X-ray services performed by another facility, which shall bill the Program directly;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Immunizations required for travel outside the continental United States;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Acupuncture;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Hypnosis;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Travel expenses;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Prescriptions and injections for central nervous system stimulants and anoretic agents when used for weight control;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Investigational or experimental drugs and procedures;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="R.">
    <text>Services denied by Medicare as not medically justified; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="S.">
    <text>Services for which the patient specifically requests to see a physician.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>