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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.09.69.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="69" heading="Specific Conditions for Provider Participation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Case Management Providers. To participate in the Program, a case management provider shall meet the conditions set forth in Regulations .06 and .07 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Chiropractic Service Providers. To participate in the Program, the chiropractic service provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meet the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Conditions set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Requirements for chiropractic providers specified in COMAR 10.43.04;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Develop a goal-directed treatment plan that is based on an evaluation conducted during the initial assessment, which requires:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A review or evaluation of the treatment plan 30 days after the initial assessment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A review and update of the treatment plan every 90 days; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Render services in accordance with orders written by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Dental Service Providers. To participate in the Program, the dental service provider shall meet the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conditions set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Requirements for dental providers specified in COMAR 10.09.05.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Nutritional Supplement Providers. To participate as a provider of nutritional supplements, a provider shall meet the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conditions of participation as set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Criteria of the conditions for participation for pharmacy providers set forth in COMAR 10.09.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Shift Private Duty Nursing/CNA/CNA-CMT/HHA/HHA-CMT Providers. To participate as a provider agency for shift private duty nursing, CNA, CNA-CMT, HHA, or HHA-CMT services, a provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meet the conditions set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Meet all requirements of conditions for participation set forth in COMAR 10.09.53.03;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, when requested by the Department or its designee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Develop a goal-directed written nursing care plan that is based on an evaluation conducted during the initial assessment, which requires:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A review or evaluation of the nursing care plan 30 days after the initial assessment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A review and update of the nursing care plan every 90 days;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Ensure timesheets are signed by the individual rendering services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensure a nurse's, CNA’s, CNA-CMT’s, HHA’s, or HHA-CMT’s shift to be not more than a total of 60 hours per week or 16 consecutive hours and that the individual is off 8 or more hours before starting another shift unless otherwise authorized by the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Obtain the participant's signature or the signature of the participant's witness on the provider's official forms to verify receipt of service; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Be licensed as a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Residential service agency in accordance with COMAR 10.07.05; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Home health agency in accordance with COMAR 10.07.10 which meets the conditions of participation specified by the Medicare program in 42 CFR §484.36.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Occupational Therapy Providers. To participate in the Program as a provider of occupational therapy services, a provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meet the conditions set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a self-employed occupational therapist licensed according to COMAR 10.46.01;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be an agency or clinic which employs occupational therapists or be a Program provider of home health services under COMAR 10.09.04; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Develop a goal-directed written treatment plan that is based on an evaluation conducted during the initial assessment which requires:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A review or evaluation of the treatment plan 30 days after the initial assessment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A review and update of the treatment plan every 90 days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Speech-Language Pathology Providers. To participate in the Program, a speech-language pathology provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Meet the conditions set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a self-employed speech-language pathologist according to COMAR 10.41.03 or be a Program provider of home health services under COMAR 10.09.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be an agency or clinic that employs speech-language pathologists; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Develop a goal-directed written treatment plan that is based on an initial assessment, which requires:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A review or evaluation of the treatment plan 30 days after the initial assessment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A review and update of the treatment plan every 90 days.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>