---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.151"
title: "42"
number: "456.151"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.151"
---

# §456.151. Definitions.


As used in this subpart:

Medical care appraisal norms or norms means numerical or statistical measures of usually observed performance.

Medical care criteria or criteria means predetermined elements against which aspects of the quality of a medical service may be compared. These criteria are developed by health professionals relying on their expertise and the professional health care literature.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.