---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 418.30"
title: "42"
number: "418.30"
heading: "Change of the designated hospice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/418.30"
---

# §418.30. Change of the designated hospice.

- (a) An individual or representative may change, once in each election period, the designation of the particular hospice from which hospice care will be received.
- (b) The change of the designated hospice is not a revocation of the election for the period in which it is made.
- (c) To change the designation of hospice programs, the individual or representative must file, with the hospice from which care has been received and with the newly designated hospice, a statement that includes the following information:
  - (1) The name of the hospice from which the individual has received care and the name of the hospice from which he or she plans to receive care.
  - (2) **The date the change is to be effective.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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