[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: 42CFR418.54]



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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. 418.54  Condition of participation--Medical director.



    The medical director must be a hospice employee who is a doctor of 

medicine or osteopathy who assumes overall responsibility for the 

medical component of the hospice's patient care program.