The least expensive, appropriate medical equipment and devices may be provided to specific recipients to assist with a medically essential need. There must be no other resources available to the client to provide the medical equipment requested.

Medical equipment and devices include only the following types of items: canes, crutches, walkers, manual and power wheelchairs, wheelchair seating systems, scooters, toileting, transfers, positioning aids, hospital beds and related items, pressure relief mattresses, floor or ceiling lift devices, positive airway pressure devices, apnea monitors, suction units, percussors, nebulizers, medical humidifiers, inhaler accessory devices, and non-conventional glucose meters.