[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: 42CFR418.80]



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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



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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]