Subsection 144-101-X-4.06 - PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER QUALIFIED STAFFThe following professional staff who are fully, provisionally, or conditionally licensed, or recognized to practice by the state in which services are provided, are qualified professional staff for purposes of this rule subject to the limitations below. All qualified professional staff must be MaineCare enrolled providers in order to be reimbursed for services provided under this policy.
B.Physician assistant may provide family planning, medical, and counseling services when he or she has obtained full or temporary licensure from the Board of Licensure in Medicine or Osteopathy, which must be renewed bi-annually in accordance with Board rules. Such services may be performed only when delegated by a physician in accordance with the rules and regulations governing physician assistants.C. A family planning nurse practitioner or certified nurse-midwife may provide family planning, medical, and counseling services when he or she is a graduate of a certified nurse practitioner program or its equivalent, and when he or she holds a current nurse practitioner or nurse-midwife license to practice in the state in which services are provided. C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 101, ch. X, § 144-101-X-4, subsec. 144-101-X-4.06