Candidates for Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

(A) All individuals shall enter the cardiac rehabilitation program through a referral from a physician responsible for the individual's care. (B) Participants in the cardiac rehabilitation program shall be post-operative cardiovascular surgery patients, or shall have documented coronary artery disease verified by a positive exercise tolerance test, thallium scan or coronary angiography, or shall have a documented myocardial infarction. (C) Each CRP shall develop written admission policies that clearly state admission criteria. Such policies shall specifically define contraindications to admission and shall be approved by the Medical Director. (D) Each CRP shalldevelopwritten policies that clearly specify the conditions which exclude a patient from engaging in the therapeutic exercise. Such policies shall be approved by the Medical Director.