[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: 42CFR483.45]



[Page 538-539]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 483_REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES--Table of

Contents

 

          Subpart B_Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities

 

Sec.  483.45  Specialized rehabilitative services.



    (a) Provision of services. If specialized rehabilitative services 

such as but not limited to physical therapy, speech-language pathology, 

occupational therapy, and mental health rehabilitative services for 

mental illness and mental retardation, are required in the resident's 

comprehensive plan of care, the facility must--

    (1) Provide the required services; or



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    (2) Obtain the required services from an outside resource (in 

accordance with Sec.  483.75(h) of this part) from a provider of 

specialized rehabilitative services.

    (b) Qualifications. Specialized rehabilitative services must be 

provided under the written order of a physician by qualified personnel.



[56 FR 48875, Sept. 26, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 43925, Sept. 23, 1992]