42 CFR § 441.154
Active treatment
June 11, 2020
Inpatient psychiatric services must involve “active treatment”, which means implementation of a professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care, described in §441.155 that is—
(a) Developed and implemented no later than 14 days after admission; and
(b) Designed to achieve the beneficiary's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time.