Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual
Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management
Chapter 6210 - PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT
Section 6210.63 - Diagnosis of an intellectual disability
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The facility shall document the applicant's or recipient's diagnosis of an intellectual disability by meeting the following requirements:
(1) A licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist or a licensed physician who practices psychiatry shall certify that the applicant or recipient has significantly subaverage intellectual functioning which is documented by one of the following:
(2) A qualified intellectual disability professional as defined in 42 CFR 483.430 (relating to condition of participation: facility staffing) shall certify that the applicant or recipient has impairments in adaptive behavior as provided by a standardized assessment of adaptive functioning which shows that the applicant or recipient has one of the following:
(3) It has been certified that documentation to substantiate that the applicant's or recipient's conditions were manifest before the applicant's or recipient's 22nd birthday, as established in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C.A. § 6001) (Repealed).
The provisions of this §6210.63 amended under section 443.1(2) and (3) of the Human Services Code (62 P.S. § 443.1(2) and (3)).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 6210.2 (relating to applicability).
