Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title VIII - Medical Assistance › Chapter 77 - Conditions of Participation for Providers of Medical and Remedial Care › Rule 441-77.43 - Infant and Toddler Program Providers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
An agency is eligible to participate in the medical
				  assistance program as a provider of infant and toddler program services under
				  rule
				  441-78.49
				  (249A) if the agency:
1. Is in good
				standing under the infants and toddlers with disabilities program administered
				by the department of education, the department of public health, the department
				of human services, and the Iowa Child Health Specialty Clinics pursuant to the
				interagency agreement between these agencies under Subchapter III of the
				federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and
2. Meets the following additional
				requirements.
(1)
Licensure.
Covered services shall be provided by personnel who are licensed, endorsed,
				registered, recognized, or qualified as provided in this subrule and shall be
				within the scope of the applicable license, endorsement, registration,
				recognition, or qualification.
a. Personnel
				providing audiological or speech-language services shall be licensed by the
				Iowa board of speech pathology and audiology as a speech pathologist or
				audiologist pursuant to 645-Chapters 299, 300 and 303 through 305.
b. Personnel providing physical therapy shall
				be licensed by the Iowa board of physical and occupational therapy as a
				physical therapist pursuant to 645-Chapters 199 through 204.
c. Personnel providing occupational therapy
				shall be licensed by the Iowa board of physical and occupational therapy as an
				occupational therapist pursuant to 645-Chapters 205 through 210.
d. Personnel providing psychological
				evaluations and counseling or psychotherapy services shall be:
(1) Endorsed by the Iowa board of educational
				examiners as a school psychologist pursuant to rule 282-15.11 (272);
(2) Licensed by the Iowa board of psychology
				as a psychologist pursuant to 645-Chapters 239 through 243;
(3) Licensed by the Iowa board of social work
				as a social worker pursuant to 645-Chapters 279 through 284;
(4) Licensed by the Iowa board of medicine as
				a physician pursuant to 653-Chapters 9 through 11; or
(5) Registered by the Iowa nursing board as
				an advanced registered nurse practitioner pursuant to 655-Chapter 7.
e. Personnel providing nursing
				services shall be licensed by the Iowa nursing board as a registered or
				licensed practical nurse pursuant to 655-Chapters 3 through 6.
f. Personnel providing vision services shall
				be:
(1) Licensed by the Iowa nursing board as
				a registered or licensed practical nurse pursuant to 655-Chapters 3 through
				6;
(2) Licensed by the Iowa board
				of medicine as a physician pursuant to 653-Chapters 9 through 11; or
(3) Licensed by the Iowa board of optometry
				as an optometrist pursuant to 645-Chapter 180.
g. Developmental services shall be provided
				by personnel who meet standards established pursuant to department of education
				rule
				281-120.19 (
				34CFR303).
h. Medical
				transportation shall be provided by licensed drivers.
i. Other services shall be provided by staff
				who are:
(1) Recognized as a special
				education paraprofessional pursuant to department of education rule
				281-41.403
				(256B);
(2) Endorsed by the Iowa
				board of educational examiners as a school psychologist pursuant to rule
				282-15.11 (272);
(3) Endorsed by
				the Iowa board of educational examiners as a speech-language pathologist
				pursuant to rule 282-15.12 (272);
(4) Endorsed by the Iowa board of educational
				examiners as an orientation and mobility specialist pursuant to rule 282-15.15
				(272);
(5) Endorsed by the Iowa
				board of educational examiners as a school occupational therapist pursuant to
				rule 282-15.16 (272);
(6) Endorsed
				by the Iowa board of educational examiners as a school physical therapist
				pursuant to rule 282-15.17 (272);
(7) Endorsed by the Iowa board of educational
				examiners as a special education nurse pursuant to rule 282-15.18
				(272);
(8) Endorsed by the Iowa
				board of educational examiners as a school social worker pursuant to rule
				282-15.19 (272);
(9) Licensed by
				the Iowa nursing board as a registered or licensed practical nurse pursuant to
				655-Chapters 3 through 6; or
(10)
				Licensed by the Iowa board of medicine as a physician pursuant to 653-Chapters
				9 through 11.