42 CFR § 456.235 - Description of methods and criteria: Continued stay review dates; length of stay modification.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s456.235"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 456.235 - Description of methods and criteria: Continued stay review dates; length of stay modification."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "456.235"
section_name: "Description of methods and criteria: Continued stay review dates; length of stay modification."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "456"
part_name: "UTILIZATION CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "456"
---


# 456.235 Description of methods and criteria: Continued stay review dates; length of stay modification.

The UR plan must describe—

(a) The methods and criteria, including norms if used, that the committee uses to assign initial and subsequent continued stay review dates under §§ 456.233 and 456.234 of this subpart; and

(b) The methods that the committee uses to modify an approved length of stay when the beneficiary's condition or treatment schedule changes.