[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR418.80]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 418--HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Conditions of Participation: Core Services
 
Sec. 418.80  Condition of participation--Furnishing of core services.


    Except as permitted in Sec. 418.83, a hospice must ensure that 
substantially all the core services described in this subpart are 
routinely provided directly by hospice employees. A hospice may use 
contracted staff if necessary to supplement hospice employees in order 
to meet the needs of patients during periods of peak patient loads or 
under extraordinary circumstances. If contracting is used, the hospice 
must maintain professional, financial, and administrative responsibility 
for the services and must assure that the qualifications of staff and 
services provided meet the requirements specified in this subpart.

[52 FR 7416, Mar. 11, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 50835, Dec. 11, 1990]