[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: 42CFR456.235]

[Page 296]
 
PART 456--UTILIZATION CONTROL--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D--Utilization Control: Mental Hospitals
 
Sec. 456.235  Description of methods and criteria: Continued stay review dates; length of stay modification.

    The UR plan must describe--
    (a) The methods and criteria, including norms if used, that the 
committee uses to assign initial and subsequent continued stay review 
dates under Secs. 456.233 and 456.234 of this subpart; and
    (b) The methods that the committee uses to modify an approved length 
of stay when the recipient's condition or treatment schedule changes.