(1) Physical therapy services are defined in ARM 46.12.525, except that under the medicaid home and community services program physical therapy services may provide for:

(a) habilitation;

(b) maintenance; or

(c) training for persons providing direct care.

(2) Physical therapy treatment training programs may include:

(a) preserving and improving abilities for independent function, such as range of motion, strength, tolerance, coordination and activities of daily living; and

(b) preventing, insofar as possible, irreducible or progressive disabilities through means such as the use of orthotic prosthetic appliances, assistive and adaptive devices, positioning, behavior adaptations and sensory stimulation.