[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 42CFR440.90]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 440_SERVICES: GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Definitions

 

Sec. 440.90  Clinic services.



    Clinic services means preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, 

rehabilitative, or palliative services that are furnished by a facility 

that is not part of a hospital but is organized and operated to provide 

medical care to outpatients. The term includes the following services 

furnished to outpatients:

    (a) Services furnished at the clinic by or under the direction of a 

physician or dentist.

    (b) Services furnished outside the clinic, by clinic personnel under 

the direction of a physician, to an eligible individual who does not 

reside in a permanent dwelling or does not have a fixed home or mailing 

address.



[56 FR 8851, Mar. 1, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 61486, Nov. 30, 1995]