[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: 42CFR456.171]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 456_UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart D_Utilization Control: Mental Hospitals

 

Sec.  456.171  Medicaid agency review of need for admission.



    Medical and other professional personnel of the Medicaid agency or 

its designees must evaluate each applicant's or recipient's need for 

admission by reviewing and assessing the evaluations required by Sec.  

456.170.



                              Plan of Care