---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.152"
title: "42"
number: "441.152"
heading: "Certification of need for services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.152"
---

# §441.152. Certification of need for services.

- (a) A team specified in [§ 441.154](/cfr/42/441.154.md) must certify that—
  - (1) Ambulatory care resources available in the community do not meet the treatment needs of the beneficiary;
  - (2) Proper treatment of the beneficiary's psychiatric condition requires services on an inpatient basis under the direction of a physician; and
  - (3) The services can reasonably be expected to improve the beneficiary's condition or prevent further regression so that the services will no longer be needed.
- (b) The certification specified in this section and in [§ 441.153](/cfr/42/441.153.md) satisfies the utilization control requirement for physician certification in §§ [456.60](/cfr/42/456.60.md), [456.160](/cfr/42/456.160.md), and [456.360](/cfr/42/456.360.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38398, July 24, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38398, July 24, 1996]