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ELIGIBILITY 

• A child served in a pediatric health services facility shall meet any of the following criteria:
   
  ·  Be technology dependent, requiring life-sustaining equipment or interventions, such as tracheostomy, ventilator assistance, central venous access line, hyperalimentation, gastrostomy tube, or nasogastric tube for feedings.
   
  ·  Be medically fragile requiring ongoing treatment administered by a licensed registered professional nurse (RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN), such as nebulizer treatments, administration of oxygen, apnea/cardiac monitoring, intermittent urinary catheterization.
   
   
• Children who attend must require ongoing monitoring and assessment by an RN because of such care needs as seizure disorders, cardiac conditions, diabetes, burn care, etc.