42 CFR 124.604
§ 124.604 Posted notice.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 124.604, § 124.604 Posted notice, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/202159
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(a) The facility shall post notices, which the Secretary supplies in English and Spanish, in appropriate areas of the facility, including but not limited to the admissions area, the business office and the emergency room.
(b) If in the service area of the facility the “usual language of households” of ten percent or more of the population, according to the most recent figures published by the Bureau of the Census, is other than English or Spanish, the facility shall translate the notice into that language and post the translated notice on signs substantially similar in size and legibility to, and posted with, those supplied under paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) The facility shall make reasonable efforts to communicate the contents of the posted notice to persons who it has reason to believe cannot read the notice.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.