[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: 42CFR418.58]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 418--HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Conditions of Participation--General Provisions and 
                             Administration
 
Sec. 418.58  Condition of participation--Plan of care.

    A written plan of care must be established and maintained for each 
individual admitted to a hospice program,

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and the care provided to an individual must be in accordance with the 
plan.
    (a) Standard: Establishment of plan. The plan must be established by 
the attending physician, the medical director or physician designee and 
interdisciplinary group prior to providing care.
    (b) Standard: Review of plan. The plan must be reviewed and updated, 
at intervals specified in the plan, by the attending physician, the 
medical director or physician designee and interdisciplinary group. 
These reviews must be documented.
    (c) Standard: Content of plan. The plan must include an assessment 
of the individual's needs and identification of the services including 
the management of discomfort and symptom relief. It must state in detail 
the scope and frequency of services needed to meet the patient's and 
family's needs.