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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 422.36b. Home health care services ordered by physicians

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--A home health care agency may deliver home health care services to a patient who resides in this Commonwealth based upon an order from a physician from another state who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Holds a license in good standing conferred by the medical board or other medical licensing authority in another state, as shown by a photocopy or facsimile of the physician's valid license submitted to the home health care agency, and available upon request by the board or the department.

(2) Prescribes home health care services pursuant to an in-person physical examination of the patient performed within the jurisdictional boundaries of the state in which the physician is licensed.

(b) Duties of referring physician from another state.--A referring physician from another state shall ask the patient if the patient has a primary care physician in this Commonwealth. If so, the referring physician shall contact the primary care physician and obtain the concurrence of that individual for ordering home health care services. The referring physician shall make a notation of such contact in the patient's medical record.

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