US · guidance
CMS SOM App. M, Tag L670
§418.104 Condition of participation: Clinical records
A clinical record containing past and current findings is maintained for each
hospice patient. The clinical record must contain correct clinical information that is
available to the patient’s attending physician and hospice staff. The clinical record
may be maintained electronically.
History
Rev. 210; Issued:02-03-23; Effective:02-03-23; Implementation:02-03-23
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-22
- Edition
- som-2026-07-22
- Content hash
84061b460c86aa01d6dbf903d1a8fd3924e17615566e094e7064e40acc40bd2e
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.