20 CAR § 1002-501 – Natural environment service settings

(a) All evaluations must be provided in a child’s natural environment with familiar caregiver present and participating.
(b)
1. (1) All early intervention services listed on an initial IFSP must be performed in within typical child and family activities in the child’s natural environment.
2. (2) No justification can be provided for service provision outside of the child’s natural environment on an initial IFSP.
(c) All early intervention services listed on a current IFSP that is not the initial IFSP must be performed within the typical child and family activities and in the places the child and family frequent (natural environment) unless the requirements of 20 CAR § 1002-502 are documented in the developmental justification of need in the child’s electronic record in the state-approved data system and a conversion plan is created by the IFSP team.