---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 418.21"
title: "42"
number: "418.21"
heading: "Duration of hospice care coverage—Election periods."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/418.21"
---

# §418.21. Duration of hospice care coverage—Election periods.

- (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this part, an individual may elect to receive hospice care during one or more of the following election periods:
  - (1) An initial 90-day period;
  - (2) A subsequent 90-day period; or
  - (3) **An unlimited number of subsequent 60-day periods.**
- (b) The periods of care are available in the order listed and may be elected separately at different times.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 50834, Dec. 11, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 36017, Aug. 12, 1992; 70 FR 70546, Nov. 22, 2005]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[55 FR 50834, Dec. 11, 1990, as amended at 57 FR 36017, Aug. 12, 1992; 70 FR 70546, Nov. 22, 2005]