42 CFR 409.21
§ 409.21 Nursing care.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 409.21, § 409.21 Nursing care, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/203239
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(a) Basic rule. Medicare pays for nursing care as posthospital SNF care when provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse.
(b) Exception. Medicare does not pay for the services of a private duty nurse or attendant. An individual is not considered to be a private duty nurse or attendant if he or she is an SNF employee at the time the services are furnished.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.