[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Chosen
Freeholders (now Board of County Commissioners) of Atlantic County
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-13-1993 by Ord. No. 13-1993]
[Amended 6-7-2022 by Ord. No. 5-2022]
There are no fees for child health clinic services
regardless of a child's age. The Division of Public Health reserves
the right to collect a fee from Medicare reimbursement for children
where applicable.
[Amended 6-7-2022 by Ord. No. 5-2022]
Services at the clinic will include all visits,
exams, immunizations, laboratory work, screenings and other services
routinely provided by the Division of Public Health Child Health Clinic
for one year from the date of registration.
Each client's registration will be valid for
a period of one year from the date of registration, and the client's
age will be determined on the date of registration.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 68-4, Method of payment,
was repealed 6-7-2022 by Ord. No. 5-2022.
[Adopted 10-11-1994 as Ord. No. 10-1994; amended in its entirety 10-27-1998 by Ord. No. 21-1998]
A.
The fee for administration of an influenza immunization
and a pneumoccal immunization shall be the current applicable Medicare
reimbursement figure for said services for Medicare eligible clients.
The county shall accept assignment of the Medicare benefit. For Medicare
noneligible clients, the fee charged shall be within two dollars of
the current applicable Medicare reimbursement, subject to periodic
adjustments concurrent with adjustments made to the Medicare reimbursement
rate.
B.
Each fee will cover the administration one immunization
shot. These fees do not include the cost for any other medical testing
or care received by the client from any other medical provider, even
if such care was recommended by the Division of Public Health.
C.
Fees shall be paid by cash, check or money order payable
to the Division of Public Health.
