§ 456.609 - Determinations by team.

§ 456.609 Determinations by team.

The team must determine in its inspection whether -

(a) The services available in the facility are adequate to -

(1) Meet the health needs of each beneficiary, and the rehabilitative and social needs of each beneficiary in an ICF; and

(2) Promote his maximum physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning.

(b) It is necessary and desirable for the beneficiary to remain in the facility;

(c) It is feasible to meet the beneficiary's health needs and, in an ICF, the beneficiary's rehabilitative needs, through alternative institutional or noninstitutional services; and

(d) Each beneficiary under age 21 in a psychiatric facility and each beneficiary in an institution for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities or persons with related conditions is receiving active treatment as defined in § 441.154 of this subchapter.