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(1) All services listed under categorically eligible. (2) Community long term care home and community based services. HISTORY: Amended by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 2, eff February 28, 1992; State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 3, eff March 24, 1995. 126–302. Audiology Services. Audiology services are hearing evaluations and hearing aids for recipients through the month they turn twenty-one years of age. 126–303. Certified Nurse Midwifery Services. Midwifery services are covered when furnished by a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in a clinical practice meeting the education and training requirements set forth in the laws governing nursing in South Carolina pertaining to CNM’s. 126–304. Community Long Term Care Home and Community Based Services. A. Home and community based services may be provided to Medicaid eligible persons eighteen years of age or older, who have been determined by community long term care to require a skilled or intermediate level of care. B. Types of services: (1) Expanded therapies include physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy provided at home. (2) Home delivered meals is the in home provision of at least one meal per day to persons unable to care for their nutritional needs. (3) Medical day care is a group of services to restore, maintain and promote health status through the provision of ambulatory health care and health related supportive services in a licensed medical day care center. (4) Medical social services are supportive services provided by an individual with no less than a Masters Degree in social work. (5) Personal care is the in home provision of the necessary services of support of activities of daily living, home support, medical monitoring, and client transportation services to restore, maintain and promote health status. (6) Respite care is the provision of temporary institutional care for eligible clients living at home and cared for by their families or other informal support persons. This service will provide temporary relief for the primary care givers. (7) Service management includes assessment and reassessment, level of care of determination, service planning, service coordination, and counseling. 126–305. Dental Care. Dental Care consists of any covered preventive, surgical, therapeutic and emergency dental service provided by a licensed dentist. Only emergency dental services are available for recipients age twenty- one years and over. 126–306. Durable Medical Equipment. Durable medical equipment consists of orthotic and prosthetic devices, supplies and durable medical equipment when medically necessary. 126–307. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Services. Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Services are available to eligible Medicaid recipients from birth through the month they turn twenty-one years of age. This program covers initial screening, periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment. All services included in the Title XIX State Plan are available to those eligible.