[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: 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



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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]