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Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA) Expansion of Abilities (DAL DHCBS 21-14)
New Yorksub_regulatoryNYS Department of Health — Division of Home and Community Based Services· effective 2021-11-08
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1Home care orders under 18 NYCRR 505.14 may be signed by a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (in addition to a physician), effective November 8, 2021.(Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA) Expansion of Abilities (DAL DHCBS 21-14))
Applies to: personal care
Notice that effective Nov 8, 2021, 18 NYCRR 505.14 permits Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (not only physicians) to sign home care orders.
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