[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: 42CFR410.57]

[Page 265]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 410--SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Medical and Other Health Services
 
Sec. 410.57  Pneumococcal vaccine and flu vaccine.

    (a) Medicare Part B pays for pneumococcal vaccine and its 
administration when reasonable and necessary for the prevention of 
disease, if the vaccine is ordered by a doctor of medicine or 
osteopathy.
    (b) Medicare Part B pays for the influenza virus vaccine and its 
administration.

[63 FR 35066, June 26, 1998]