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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.09.88.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="88" heading="Covered Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Program covers medically necessary services rendered to recipients, when the services are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provided according to the laws and regulations of the State and locality in which they are rendered in accordance with 42 CFR §486.100;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Rendered by a physician who meets the qualification standards in accordance with 42 CFR §486.102 or qualified non-physician (technician) who meets the qualification standards in accordance to 42 CFR §486.104; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ordered in writing by the treating physician or nurse practitioner who is enrolled as a provider in the Program with an active status on the date of service in accordance with State law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Portable X-ray services include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Skeletal films involving extremities, pelvis, vertebral column, and skull;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Chest films which do not involve the use of contrast media;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Abdominal films which do not involve the use of contrast media;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Diagnostic mammograms, if approved by the FDA;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Transportation of portable X-ray equipment to a patient’s home or a long term care facility (LTCF); and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Electrocardiograms (EKGs/ECGs).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>