California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 9 - Joint Regulations for Pupils with Disabilities › Chapter 1 - Interagency Responsibilities for Providing Services to Pupils with Disabilities › Article 5 - Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy › Section 60323 - Medical Therapy Program Responsibilities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Medical Therapy Conference shall assess
				  the pupil's need for occupational therapy and physical therapy. The determination of
				  medical necessity shall be based on the pupil's physical and functional
				  status.
(b) The Medical Therapy
				  Conference shall review the therapy plan to ensure the inclusion of measurable
				  functional goals and objectives for services to be performed by occupational
				  therapists and physical therapists, as well as activities that support the goals and
				  objectives to be performed by parents or LEA staff to maintain or prevent loss of
				  function.
(c) The Medical Therapy
				  Conference team shall be responsible for approval of therapy plans and either the
				  Medical Therapy Conference physician shall write the prescription for those services
				  provided to pupils under his supervision or review those prescriptions submitted by
				  the pupil's private physician for compliance with (a) and (b) of this
				  section.
(d) Medically necessary therapy
				  services are provided at a level dependent on the pupil's physical and functional
				  status as determined and prescribed by the CCS paneled physician of the specialty
				  appropriate for treating the pupil's Medical Therapy Program eligible condition and
				  who has been authorized by the program to supervise the pupil's Medical Therapy
				  Program eligible condition.
(e) The
				  medical necessity of occupational therapy or physical therapy services delivered to
				  pupils not participating in a Medical Therapy Conference because there is not a
				  Medical Therapy Conference in their geographical area shall be determined by the
				  state program medical consultant or CCS designee.
(f) Medical therapy services must be provided by
				  or under the supervision of a registered occupational therapist or licensed physical
				  therapist in accordance with CCS regulations and requirements. This therapy does not
				  include fine and gross motor activities which can be provided by qualified
				  personnel, pursuant to Business and Professions Code section
				  2620.
1. New section
					 refiled 5-1-87 as an emergency; designated effective 5-1-87 (Register 87, No. 30). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency
					 language will be repealed on 8-31-87.
2. Division 9 (Chapter 1, Articles
					 1-9, Sections 60000-60610, not consecutive) shall not
					 be subject to automatic repeal until the final regulations take effect on or before
					 June 30, 1988 pursuant to Item 4440-131-001(b)(2), Chapter 135, Statutes of 1987
					 (Register 87, No. 46).
3. Division 9 (Chapter 1, Articles 1-9, Sections
					 60000-60610, not consecutive) shall not
					 be subject to automatic repeal until the final regulations take effect on or before
					 June 30, 1997, pursuant to Government Code section
					 7587, as
					 amended by Stats. 1996, c. 654 (A.B. 2726, §
											4.) (Register 98, No. 26).
4.
					 Division 9 (Chapter 1, Articles 1-9, Sections
					 60000-60610, not consecutive) repealed
					 June 30, 1997, by operation of Government Code section
					 7587, as
					 amended by Stats. 1996, c. 654 (A.B. 2726, §
											4.) (Register 98, No. 26).
5.
					 New section filed 6-26-98 as an emergency; operative 7-1-98 (Register 98, No. 26). A
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-29-98 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6.
					 Editorial correction restoring prior HISTORIES 1-2, adding new HISTORIES 3-4, and
					 renumbering and amending existing HISTORY 1 to new HISTORY 5 (Register 98, No.
					 44).
7. New section refiled 10-26-98 as an emergency; operative 10-29-98
					 (Register 98, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
					 2-26-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
8. New section refiled 2-25-99 as an emergency; operative 2-26-99
					 (Register 99, No. 9). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
					 6-28-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-25-99 order, including
					 amendment of subsection (b), transmitted to OAL 6-25-99 and filed 8-9-99 (Register
					 99, No. 33).
10. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (f)
					 and NOTE filed 8-30-2012 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2012, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						7587,
						Government Code; and Section
						20,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
						7575,
						Government Code; Sections
						123825,
						123850
						and
						123905,
						Health and Safety Code; and Section
						3001(x) of Title 5,
						California Code of Regulations.