20 CAR § 1002-204 – Certification of individual early intervention service providers

(a) All individual service providers must meet minimum state licensure requirements for their early intervention role in order to be certified by First Connections to provide any early intervention service.
(b)
1. (1) Each individual service provider must complete the Core Competencies Certification course for their specific role (therapist, service coordinator, evaluation interpreter, etc.) in order to be certified by First Connections to provide any early intervention service.
2. (2) See 20 CAR § 1002-206(1)(b) for local provider program noncertified personnel and, or, or both staff.
(c) New hires have ninety (90) calendar days from date of hire to complete initial certification requirements.
(d) Individual service providers are recertified every three (3) years and must comply with all applicable requirements to maintain Part C program certification for their particular early intervention role or roles.
(e) An individual that is on the Medicaid excluded provider list is prohibited from being an early intervention service provider.