---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.58"
title: "42"
number: "441.58"
heading: "Periodicity schedule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.58"
---

# §441.58. Periodicity schedule.


The agency must implement a periodicity schedule for screening services that—

- (a) Meets reasonable standards of medical and dental practice determined by the agency after consultation with recognized medical and dental organizations involved in child health care;
- (b) Specifies screening services applicable at each stage of the beneficiary's life, beginning with a neonatal examination, up to the age at which an individual is no longer eligible for EPSDT services; and
- (c) At the agency's option, provides for needed screening services as determined by the agency, in addition to the otherwise applicable screening services specified under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 49 FR 43666, Oct. 31, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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