Scope of LPN Practice – Home Health Care

It was the advisory opinion of the Board that it is within the scope of LPN practice for the LPN to provide the “observation and assessment” benefit component associated with the Medicare Home Health Agencies Conditions of Participation (skilled nursing services), 42 CFR 484.30, Section 484.30(a), under the direction of a RN who performs the RN acts also delineated in this CFR section.