[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3, Parts 430 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR456.232]

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PART 456--UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D--Utilization Control: Mental Hospitals
 
Sec. 456.232  Evaluation criteria for continued stay.

    The UR plan must provide that--
    (a) The committee develops written medical care criteria to assess 
the need for continued stay.
    (b) The committee develops more extensive written criteria for cases 
that its experience shows are--
    (1) Associated with high costs;
    (2) Associated with the frequent furnishing of excessive services; 
or
    (3) Attended by physicians whose patterns of care are frequently 
found to be questionable.