---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.608"
title: "42"
number: "456.608"
heading: "Personal contact with and observation of beneficiaries and review of records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.608"
---

# §456.608. Personal contact with and observation of beneficiaries and review of records.

- (a) For beneficiaries under age 21 in psychiatric facilities and beneficiaries in ICFs, other than those described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the team's inspection must include—
  - (1) Personal contact with and observation of each beneficiary; and
  - (2) **Review of each beneficiary's medical record.**
- (b) For beneficiaries age 65 or older in IMDs, the team's inspection must include—
  - (1) Review of each beneficiary's medical record; and
  - (2) If the record does not contain complete reports of periodic assessments required by [§ 441.102](/cfr/42/441.102.md) of this subchapter or, if such reports are inadequate, personal contact with and observation of each beneficiary

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17940, Mar. 23, 1979; 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 17940, Mar. 23, 1979; 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]