---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.232"
title: "42"
number: "456.232"
heading: "Evaluation criteria for continued stay."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.232"
---

# §456.232. Evaluation criteria for continued stay.


The UR plan must provide that—

- (a) **The committee develops written medical care criteria to assess the need for continued stay.**
- (b) **The committee develops more extensive written criteria for cases that its experience shows are—**
  - (1) Associated with high costs;
  - (2) Associated with the frequent furnishing of excessive services; or
  - (3) **Attended by physicians whose patterns of care are frequently found to be questionable.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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