Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - REHABILITATION SERVICES › Article 4 - OTHER RULES AND PROVISIONS THAT RELATE TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS › Section R6-4-402 - Service and Provider Standards, Service Authorizations, Equipment Purchasing, Workers' Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Provider standards
1. Providers of medical diagnostic and
				restorative services must, as a minimum, meet the following definitions:
a. "Dentist." Dentist means a person licensed
				to practice dentistry or dental surgery under Chapter 11, Title 32 of the
				Arizona Revised Statutes.
b.
				"Dispensing optician." Dispensing optician means any person who is licensed
				under Chapter 15, Title 32 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to dispense lenses,
				contact lenses, frames, artificial eyes, optical devices, appurtenances thereto
				or parts thereof to the intended wearer on written prescription from a duly
				licensed physician or optometrist.
c. "Occupational therapist." Occupational
				therapist means a person who is a graduate of an occupational therapy
				curriculum accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education of the
				American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association
				or has two years of appropriate experience as an occupational therapist and has
				achieved a satisfactory grade on a proficiency examination approved by the
				Secretary except that such determination of proficiency shall not apply with
				respect to persons initially licensed by a state or seeking initial
				qualifications as an occupational therapist after December 21, 1977.
d. "Optometrist." Optometrist means a person
				who is licensed to practice optometry under Chapter 16, Title 32 of the Arizona
				Revised Statutes.
e. "Orthotist
				and/or prosthetist." Orthotist and/or prosthetist means a person who is
				certified by the American Board for Certification for Orthotics and
				Prosthetics, Inc.
f. "Physical
				therapist." Physical therapist means a person registered to practice physical
				therapy under Chapter 19, Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes.
g. "Physician." Physician means a person
				licensed under Chapter 13 or 17, Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes.
h. "Physician specialist." For purposes of
				this program, a specialist is a licensed physician who limits his practice to
				specialization and who:
i. Is a diplomat of
				the appropriate American or Osteopathic Board; or
ii. Is a fellow of the appropriate American
				Specialty College or a member of an Osteopathic Specialty College; or
iii. Has been notified of admissibility to
				examination by the appropriate American Board or Osteopathic Board or has
				evidence of completion of an appropriate qualifying residency approved by the
				American Medical Association or American Osteopathic Association and has not
				lost his eligibility; or
iv. Holds
				a staff appointment on July 1, 1976, with specialty privileges in a hospital
				accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals or by the
				American Osteopathic Association.
i. "Podiatrist." Podiatrist means a person
				licensed to practice podiatry under Chapter 7, Title 32, Arizona Revised
				Statutes.
j. "Respiratory
				therapist." Respiratory therapist means a person who is a graduate of an
				American Medical Association approved respiratory care education and training
				program and who has been registered by the American Registry of Inhalation
				Therapist, Inc., following successful completion of the American Registered
				Inhalation Therapist Examination.
k. "Speech therapist or audiologist." Speech
				therapist means a person who has been granted the Certificate of Clinical
				Competence in the American Speech and Hearing Association, or who has completed
				the equivalent educational requirements and work experience required for such a
				certificate, or who has completed the academic program or is in the process of
				accumulating the supervised work experience required for such a
				certificate.