3650 – Definitions.
§ 3650. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article: 1. “Home medical equipment services” shall mean the delivery, provision, installation, maintenance and replacement of, or instruction in the use of medical equipment used by an individual requiring such services in their […]
3651 – Exemptions.
§ 3651. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to: 1. Hospitals certified pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter. 2. The following entities and practitioners, unless these entities or practitioners furnish home medical equipment services through a separate corporate entity, division, or other business entity: (a) Home care service agencies, certified home […]
3652 – Licensure Required.
§ 3652. Licensure required. No medical equipment service agency located in New York state, or located in another state and providing home medical equipment services in this state may provide home medical equipment services unless a valid license has been issued as provided in this article.
3653 – Application and Issuance of Licenses.
§ 3653. Application and issuance of licenses. 1. An application for a license shall be made by the medical equipment service agency upon forms provided by the department. The application shall contain the name of the owner or owners, the location or locations where the medical equipment service agency is to be operated, and such […]
3654 – Powers and Duties of the Commissioner and Department.
§ 3654. Powers and duties of the commissioner and department. 1. The department may conduct periodic inspections of a medical equipment service agency to determine compliance with requirements set forth in this article and any related regulations. 2. The commissioner may also require medical equipment service agencies to submit, in a form prescribed by the […]
3655 – Medical Equipment Service Agency Advisory Board.
§ 3655. Medical equipment service agency advisory board. 1. There is hereby created in the department a medical equipment service advisory board to consist of the commissioner or his or her designee as an ex-officio member, and eight other members appointed by the commissioner. The members shall include four representatives of the home medical equipment […]
3656 – Enforcement.
§ 3656. Enforcement. 1. A medical equipment services agency may be subject to fines as provided by this chapter for material violations of the provisions of this article. A medical equipment services agency may have its license revoked, suspended, or limited by the commissioner for repeated violations of the requirements of this article. In such […]