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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br /> FEE SCHEDULE --Effective Nov.01, 2006 <br /> Florida Administrative Code,Chapter 10D-121 <br /> For the purpose of family planning, sexually transmitted disease, or HIV/AIDS services only, minors seeking those services shall be <br /> considered a separate family for income eligibility determination purposes and shall be assessed fees for those services based upon their <br /> own personal gross income. <br /> Any client who elects to waive the eligibility determination process shall be assigned to the full fee category. If there is no fee for a service, <br /> income eligibility does not need to be determined, except for WIC. <br /> The self-declaration statement shall include a signed acknowledgment that the statement is true at the time it is made, and that the person <br /> making the statement understands that the provider shall attempt to verify the statement. Verification can be secured by telephone, in <br /> written form, or by face-to-face contact, verification does not require a written document to confirm an applicant's or client's statement. <br /> If the provider is unable to verify wages paid or an employer will not verify wages paid,the self-declaratory statement provided by the <br /> applicant must be accepted as accurate. <br /> Clients served by CHD's and their subcontractors shall not be denied services for tuberculosis,sexually transmitted disease,or HIV/AIDS <br /> communicable disease control because of failure or inability to pay a prescribed fee, regardless of their income. <br /> Clients interviewed, examined,or tested at IRCHD's initiative because they are a contact to a case of communicable disease or because <br /> they are a member of a group at risk that is being investigated by the IRCHD shall not be charged a fee for the interview, examination, or <br /> testing;these clients may be charged on a sliding fee scale for any treatment indicated, but they cannot be denied services based <br /> on inability to pay. <br /> Clients served by IRCHD and their subcontractors shall not be denied family planning services for failure or inability to pay a prescribed fee, <br /> regardless of their income; however,the family planning services of inserting Norplant, and male and female sterilization, shall be limited <br /> depending on the availability of funds to pay for these services. <br /> Clients shall not be denied pregnancy testing for failure or inability to pay. <br /> Clients may request a review of their fee charge on the basis that they have severe, unusual, and unavoidable expenses or obligations that <br /> substantially reduce their ability to pay and which warrant special consideration. <br /> 10/23/2006CLFEE2006-07 Page 8 of 11 <br />