Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning
Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development
Chapter 07 - Other Health Services
Section 15-8-90-07-702 - Home Health Care
Current through September 24, 2024
Mississippi licensure regulations define a home health agency as: a public or privately owned agency or organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, properly authorized to conduct business in Mississippi, which is primarily engaged in providing to individuals at the written direction of a licensed physician, in the individual's place of residence, skilled nursing services provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse licensed to practice in Mississippi, and one or more of the following additional services or items:
1. Physical, occupational, or speech therapy
2. Medical social services
3. Home health aide services
4. Other services as approved by the licensing agency
5. Medical supplies, other than drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances; or
6. Medical services provided by a resident in training at a hospital under a teaching program of such hospital."
All skilled nursing services and the services listed in items 1 through 4 must be provided directly by the licensed home health agency. For the purposes of this Plan, "directly" means either through an agency employee or by an arrangement with another individual not defined as a health care facility in Section 41-7-173(h), Mississippi Code 1972, as amended. The requirements of this paragraph do not apply to health care facilities which had contracts for the above services with a home health agency on January 1, 1990.
