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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS POLICY: The Agency shall maintain compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Where required by state or local statutes, the Agency and staff maintain licenses in accordance with applicable regulations for such licenses. Professional Practice Acts The Agency provides health care services in accordance with recognized standards of professional practice and with applicable statutes and regulations controlling the practice of the disciplines providing the services. The Agency shall function in accordance with state and federal laws. Duties assigned to staff will be in compliance with limitations imposed by the state practice act. The Agency will maintain contact with the applicable state boards regulating the services provided by the Agency to clarify the contents of practice acts as they relate to the services provided by the Agency. Copies of applicable practice acts will be available to Agency staff. Agency Licensure The Agency will maintain licensure as a home health Agency as required by state regulations and will comply with such additional requirements. Licensing: Our HHA, its branches (if any), and all persons furnishing services to patients must be licensed, certified, or registered, as applicable, in accordance with the state licensing authority as meeting those requirements. Certification The Agency will maintain current certification as a home health Agency provided in the Medicare/Medicaid Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies. Law Enforcement Requests The Agency will cooperate at all times in every possible way with law enforcement requests. The Agency will respond to all subpoenaed requests for records. No record will be released without appropriate authorization. If proper authorization cannot be determined, the Administrator may seek legal counsel prior to releasing any information or records. The Administrator is to be notified immediately upon receipt of any subpoena. If an employee is contacted concerning a legal matter which might involve the Agency either directly or indirectly, either in the form of a subpoena, by an attorney or other person, the employee will notify his/her supervisor and the Administrator before taking any action. Home Health Agency Policies A-101