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 441-77.44 - Local Education Agency Services Providers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
School districts accredited by the department of education
				  pursuant to 281-Chapter 12, the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School governed
				  by the state board of regents pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  262.7(4),
				  and the State School for the Deaf governed by the state board of regents
				  pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  262.7(5)
				   are eligible to participate in the medical
				  assistance program as providers of local education agency (LEA) services under
				  rule
				  441-78.50
				  (249A) if the following conditions are met.
(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.