ARM 37.34.954. MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM: PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES, DEFINITION

(1) Physical therapy services are defined in ARM 46.12.525, except that under the medicaid home and community services program physical therapy services may provide for: (a) habilitation; (b) maintenance; or (c) training for persons providing direct care. (2) Physical therapy treatment training programs may include: (a) preserving and improving abilities for independent function, such as range of motion, strength, tolerance, coordination and activities of daily living; and (b) preventing, insofar as possible, irreducible or progressive disabilities through means such as the use of orthotic prosthetic appliances, assistive and adaptive devices, positioning, behavior adaptations and sensory stimulation.