[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR441.30]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 441_SERVICES: REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC 

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  441.30  Optometric services.



    The plan must provide for payment of optometric services as 

physician services, whether furnished by an optometrist or a physician, 

if--

    (a) The plan does not provide for payment for services provided by 

an optometrist, except for eligibility determinations under Sec. Sec.  

435.531 and 436.531 of this subchapter, but did provide for those 

services at an earlier period; and

    (b) The plan specifically provides that physicians' services include 

services an optometrist is legally authorized to perform.