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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 43 . Hearings
Section 180. Skilled level of care

7 AAC 43.180. Skilled level of care

(a) Skilled care is characterized by the need for skilled nursing or structured rehabilitation ordered by and under the direction of a physician; these services must be provided either directly by or under supervision of qualified technical or professional personnel, who must be on the premises at the time service is rendered; e.g., registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, physical therapist, licensed physical therapy assistant, occupational therapist, certified occupational therapy assistant, speech pathologist, and audiologist.

(b) Skilled nursing services are the observation, assessment, and treatment of a recipient's unstable condition requiring the care of licensed nursing personnel to identify and evaluate the recipient's need for possible modification of treatment, the initiation of ordered medical procedures, or both, until the condition improves to the point of stabilization.

History: Eff. 8/18/79, Register 71; readopt 8/7/96, Register 139

Authority: AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.050

Editor's note: Effective 8/7/96, Register 139, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 43.180 in its entirety, without change, under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07. Executive Order No. 72 transferred certain rate-setting authority to the department.

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