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22 CCR 51170.5

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22 CCR 51170.5

22 CCR 51170.5

§ 51170.5. Primary Care.

(a)

“Primary care” means health professional services provided in a continuing relationship established with an individual or family group in order to provide:

(1)

Surveillance of health needs.

(2)

Access to comprehensive health care.

(3)

Referral to other health professionals.

(4)

Health counseling and patient education.

(b)

Primary care is generally provided by those health professionals, including nonphysician medical practitioners, whose practice is predominantly that of general medicine, family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics or gynecology.