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22 CCR 41517.5

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22 CCR 41517.5

22 CCR 41517.5

§ 41517.5. Medical Therapy Program.

(a)

CCS applicants with at least one of the following conditions shall be medically eligible for participation in the CCS Medical Therapy Program:

(1)

Cerebral palsy as specified in Section 41517.3(a)(2).

(2)

Neuromuscular conditions that produce muscle weakness and atrophy, such as poliomyelitis, myasthenias, and muscular dystrophies.

(3)

Chronic musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases or deformities such as osteogenesis imperfecta, arthrogryposis, rheumatoid arthritis, amputations, and contractures resulting from burns.

(4)

Other conditions manifesting the findings listed in section 41517.3(a) above, such as ataxias, degenerative neurological disease, or other intracranial processes.

(b)

CCS applicants under three years of age shall be eligible when two or more of the following neurological findings are present:

(1)

Exaggerations of or persistence of primitive reflexes beyond the normal age (corrected for prematurity);

(2)

Increased Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs) that are 3+ or greater;

(3)

Abnormal posturing as characterized by the arms, legs, head, or trunk turned or twisted into an abnormal position;

(4)

Hypotonicity, with normal or increased DTRs, in infants below one year of age. (Infants above one year must meet criteria described in (a)(1)); or

(5)

Asymmetry of motor findings of trunk or extremities.