42 C.F.R. § 418.25 Admission to hospice care.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) The hospice admits a patient only on the recommendation of the medical director in consultation with, or with input from, the patient's attending physician (if any). (b) In reaching a decision to certify that the patient is terminally ill, the hospice medical director must consider at least the following information: (1) Diagnosis of the terminal condition of the patient. (2) Other health conditions, whether related or unrelated to the terminal condition. (3) Current clinically relevant information supporting all diagnoses. [70 FR 70547, Nov. 22, 2005]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 418—HOSPICE CARE
Subpart B—Eligibility, Election and Duration of Benefits
§ 418.25 Admission to hospice care.
