[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: 42CFR409.34]

[Page 225]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 409--HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart D--Requirements for Coverage of Posthospital SNF Care
 
Sec. 409.34  Criteria for ``daily basis''.

    (a) To meet the daily basis requirement specified in 
Sec. 409.31(b)(1), the following frequency is required:
    (1) Skilled nursing services or skilled rehabilitation services must 
be needed and provided 7 days a week; or
    (2) As an exception, if skilled rehabilitation services are not 
available 7 days a week those services must be needed and provided at 
least 5 days a week.
    (b) A break of one or two days in the furnishing of rehabilitation 
services will not preclude coverage if discharge would not be practical 
for the one or two days during which, for instance, the physician has 
suspended the therapy sessions because the patient exhibited extreme 
fatigue.