---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.3"
title: "42"
number: "456.3"
heading: "Statewide surveillance and utilization control program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.3"
---

# §456.3. Statewide surveillance and utilization control program.


The Medicaid agency must implement a statewide surveillance and utilization control program that—

- (a) Safeguards against unnecessary or inappropriate use of Medicaid services and against excess payments;
- (b) Assesses the quality of those services;
- (c) Provides for the control of the utilization of all services provided under the plan in accordance with subpart B of this part; and
- (d) Provides for the control of the utilization of inpatient services in accordance with subparts C through I of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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