[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR418.50]

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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 C_Conditions of Participation_General Provisions and 
                             Administration
 
Sec. 418.50  Condition of participation--General provisions.


    (a) Standard: Compliance. A hospice must maintain compliance with 
the conditions of this subpart and subparts D and E of this part.
    (b) Standard: Required services. A hospice must be primarily engaged 
in providing the care and services described in Sec. 418.202, must 
provide bereavement counseling and must--
    (1) Make nursing services, physician services, and drugs and 
biologicals routinely available on a 24-hour basis;
    (2) Make all other covered services available on a 24-hour basis to 
the extent necessary to meet the needs of individuals for care that is 
reasonable and necessary for the palliation and management of terminal 
illness and related conditions; and
    (3) Provide these services in a manner consistent with accepted 
standards of practice.
    (c) Standard: Disclosure of information. The hospice must meet the 
disclosure of information requirements at Sec. 420.206 of this chapter.

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 55 FR 50834, Dec. 11, 1990]