[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR409.21]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409--HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Posthospital SNF Care
 
Sec. 409.21  Nursing care.

    (a) Basic rule. Medicare pays for nursing care as posthospital SNF 
care when provided by or under the supervision of a registered 
professional nurse.
    (b) Exception. Medicare does not pay for the services of a private 
duty nurse or attendant. An individual is not considered to be a private 
duty nurse or

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attendant if he or she is an SNF employee at the time the services are 
furnished.

[63 FR 26306, May 12, 1998]