(a) Before admission to a mental hospital or before authorization for payment, the attending physician or staff physician must establish a written plan of care for each applicant or beneficiary.
(b) The plan of care must include—
(1) Diagnoses, symptoms, complaints, and complications indicating the need for admission;
(2) A description of the functional level of the individual;
(3) Objectives;
(4) Any orders for—
(i) Medications;
(ii) Treatments;
(iii) Restorative and rehabilitative services;
(iv) Activities;
(v) Therapies;
(vi) Social services;
(vii) Diet; and
(viii) Special procedures recommended for the health and safety of the patient;
(5) Plans for continuing care, including review and modification to the plan of care; and
(6) Plans for discharge.
(c) The attending or staff physician and other personnel involved in the beneficiary's care must review each plan of care at least every 90 days.