---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 440.80"
title: "42"
number: "440.80"
heading: "Private duty nursing services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/440.80"
---

# §440.80. Private duty nursing services.


Private duty nursing services means nursing services for beneficiaries who require more individual and continuous care than is available from a visiting nurse or routinely provided by the nursing staff of the hospital or skilled nursing facility. These services are provided—

- (a) By a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse;
- (b) Under the direction of the beneficiary's physician; and
- (c) **To a beneficiary in one or more of the following locations at the option of the State—**
  - (1) His or her own home;
  - (2) A hospital; or
  - (3) **A skilled nursing facility.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 47934, Dec. 17, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 47934, Dec. 17, 1987]