---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 486.520"
title: "42"
number: "486.520"
heading: "Plan of care."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/486.520"
---

# §486.520. Plan of care.


The qualified home infusion therapy supplier ensures the following:

- (a) All patients must be under the care of an applicable provider.
- (b) All patients must have a plan of care established by a physician that prescribes the type, amount, and duration of the home infusion therapy services that are to be furnished.
- (c) The plan of care for each patient must be periodically reviewed by the physician.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 56630, Nov. 13, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 273, 1302, 1320b-8, and 1395hh.