Home Health Care Services Provider

Is any business, entity or subdivision thereof, whether public or private, proprietary or not for profit, that is engaged in providing acute, restorative, rehabilitative, maintenance, preventive or health promotion services through professional nursing or another therapeutic service, such as physical therapy, home health aides, nurse assistants, medical social work, nutritionist services, or personal care services, either directly or through contractual agreement, in a patient's/client's place of residence. This term does not apply to any sole practitioner providing private duty nursing services or other restorative, rehabilitative, maintenance, preventative or health promotion services in a patient's/client's place of residence or to municipal entities providing health promotion services in a patient's/client's place of residence. This term does not apply to a federally qualified health center or a rural health clinic as defined in 42 United States Code, Section 1395x, subsection (aa) (1993) that is delivering case management services or health education in a patient's/client's place of residence. Beginning October 1, 1991, "home health care provider" includes any business entity or subdivision there of, whether public or private, proprietary or nonprofit, that is engaged in providing speech pathology services.A Home Health Care Services Provider shall also be referred to as a home health care agency.