42 CFR 485.506
§ 485.506 Designation and certification of REHs.
United States · 42 CFR — Public Health · Status: effective
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- 42 CFR 485.506, § 485.506 Designation and certification of REHs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/207354
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CMS certifies a facility as an REH if the facility was, as of December 27, 2020—
(a) A critical access hospital; or
(b) A hospital as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Act with not more than 50 beds located in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) that is considered rural (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Act); or
(c) A hospital as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Act with not more than 50 beds that was treated as being located in a rural area that has had an active reclassification from urban to rural status as specified in § 412.103 of this chapter as of December 27, 2020.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.