---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.238"
title: "42"
number: "456.238"
heading: "Time limits for final decision and notification of adverse decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.238"
---

# §456.238. Time limits for final decision and notification of adverse decision.


The UR plan must provide that—

- (a) The committee makes a final decision on a beneficiary's need for continued stay and gives notice under [§ 456.237](/cfr/42/456.237.md) of an adverse decision within 2 working days after the assigned continued stay review date, except as required under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) If the committee makes an adverse final decision on a beneficiary's need for continued stay before the assigned review date, the committee gives notice under [§ 456.237](/cfr/42/456.237.md) within 2 working days after the date of the final decision.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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