The department will reimburse rural health clinics for services provided to eligible recipients under the following conditions:
  (1) To receive payment for rural health clinic services as defined in §29.1201 of this title (relating to Authorized Services by Rural Health Clinics), the following conditions must be met:
    (A) the rural health clinic must contract with the department to become a provider of rural health clinic services;
    (B) the rural health clinic must provide reports and other information specified by the department or its authorized representative;
    (C) rural health clinic personnel providing primary health care must be licensed in Texas or in the state within the United States in which and at the time and place the service(s) is provided and/or meet all other established qualifications; and
    (D) the rural health clinic must be certified and participate under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
  (2) To receive payment for other ambulatory services as defined in §29.1201 of this title (relating to Authorized Services by Rural Health Clinics), the following conditions must be met:
    (A) the rural health clinic must meet the same conditions of participation as any other provider of the same service(s);
    (B) the rural health clinic must meet the same qualifications and be subject to the same limitations and exclusions in the amount, duration, and scope of benefits as any other provider of the same service(s); and
    (C) the rural health clinic must meet all the same requirements of the federal and state laws or regulations with regard to a particular service as all other providers of that same service who provide the service in a setting other than a rural health clinic.

Source Note: The provisions of this §354.1202 adopted to be effective July 1, 1978, 3 TexReg 3507; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register September 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 5978; transferred effective September 1, 2001, as published in the Texas Register May 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 4561