42 CFR 482.60
§ 482.60 Special provisions applying to psychiatric hospitals.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 482.60, § 482.60 Special provisions applying to psychiatric hospitals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/207170
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Psychiatric hospital must—
(a) Be primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, psychiatric services for the diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill persons;
(b) Meet the conditions of participation specified in §§ 482.1 through 482.23 and §§ 482.25 through 482.57;
(c) Maintain clinical records on all patients, including records sufficient to permit CMS to determine the degree and intensity of treatment furnished to Medicare beneficiaries, as specified in § 482.61; and
(d) Meet the staffing requirements specified in § 482.62.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.