[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: 42CFR418.86]

[Page 782]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 418--HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Conditions of Participation: Core Services
 
Sec. 418.86  Condition of participation--Physician services.

    In addition to palliation and management of terminal illness and 
related conditions, physician employees of the hospice, including the 
physician member(s) of the interdisciplinary group, must also meet the 
general medical needs of the patients to the extent that these needs are 
not met by the attending physician.