---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 418.20"
title: "42"
number: "418.20"
heading: "Eligibility requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/418.20"
---

# §418.20. Eligibility requirements.


In order to be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be—

- (a) Entitled to Part A of Medicare; and
- (b) Certified as being terminally ill in accordance with [§ 418.22](/cfr/42/418.22.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, unless otherwise noted.