Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 441.154 - Active treatment.

Inpatient psychiatric services must involve “active treatment”, which means implementation of a professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care, described in § 441.155 that is—

(a) Developed and implemented no later than 14 days after admission; and

(b) Designed to achieve the beneficiary's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.
source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 441.154