[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR407.12]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE

                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,

                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

                             HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 407_SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) ENROLLMENT AND ENTITLEMENT

--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart B_Individual Enrollment and Entitlement for SMI

 

Sec. 407.12  General enrollment provisions.



    (a) Opportunity to enroll. (1) An individual who is eligible to 

enroll for SMI may do so during an initial enrollment period or a 

general enrollment period as specified in Sec. Sec. 407.14, and 407.15. 

An individual who meets the conditions specified in Sec. 407.20 may 

enroll during a special enrollment period, as provided in that section.

    (2) An individual who fails to enroll during his or her initial 

enrollment period or whose enrollment has been terminated may enroll or 

reenroll during a general enrollment period, or, if he or she meets the 

specified conditions, during a special enrollment period.

    (b) Enrollment periods ending on a nonworkday. (1) If an enrollment 

period ends on a Federal nonworkday, that period is automatically 

extended to the next succeeding workday.

    (2) A Federal nonworkday is any Saturday, Sunday, or Federal legal 

holiday or a day that is declared by statute or executive order to be a 

day on which Federal employees are not required to work.