HAR §17-1737-43. Preventive services

(a) Preventive services means services provided by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts within the scope of a practice under state law to: (1) Prevent disease, disability, and other health problems or their progress; (2) Prolong life; and (3) Promote physical and mental health and efficiency. (b) Medical payments to providers may be made on behalf of recipients for the following services: (1) Physical examinations for the following purposes: (A) School health clearances; (B) Pre-admissions and periodic physicals required by Public Health Regulation 12-B for care homes; (C) Pre-placement physicals for adults entering family boarding homes; (D) Premarital examinations; (E) Examinations to determine the extent of mental or physical disability or incapacity; (F) Pre-placement and annual examinations for children in foster care; (G) Pre-adoption pediatric examinations; (H) Employability determinations and WIN pre-referral examinations; (I) Examinations when indicated is suspected child abuse cases, if eligible for medical assistance; (J) Pre-placement examinations for day care; and (K) Other health examinations limited to not more than once in a two year period. UNOFFICIAL 1737-53 (2) Routine laboratory examinations necessary to complete the physicals, as well as diagnostic screening; and (3) Immunizations and vaccinations, with the exception of pediatric vaccines covered under the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and immunizations for travel to foreign countries. [Eff 08/01/94; am 01/29/96 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §440.130)