(a) Any covered service furnished to an eligible recipient in a long-term care facility must be ordered by the recipient's treating physician. A physician is defined as a MD or DO.
(b) The plan of treatment to be used for visiting nurse services must be developed by the rural health clinic physician and be approved and ordered by the recipient's treating physician.

Source Note: The provisions of this §354.1203 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