[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR23.8]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 23--NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A--Assignment of National Health Service Corps Personnel
 
Sec. 23.8  What operational requirements apply to an entity to which National Health Service Corps personnel are assigned?

    Each National Health Service Corps site must:
    (a) Operate a health care delivery system within a planned or 
existing community structure to assure:
    (1) The provision of high quality comprehensive health care;
    (2) To the extent feasible, full professional health care coverage 
for the health manpower shortage area;
    (3) Continuum of care; and
    (4) The availability and accessibility of secondary and tertiary 
health care (the two more sophisticated levels of health care beyond 
primary care);
    (b) Establish and maintain a patient record system;
    (c) Implement a system for maintaining the confidentiality of 
patient records;
    (d) Meet the requirements of applicable fire and safety codes;
    (e) Develop, to the extent feasible, linkages with other health care 
facilities for the provision of services which supplement or complement 
the services furnished by the assigned Corps personnel;
    (f) Operate a quality assurance system which meets the requirements 
of 42 CFR 51c.303(c) for the establishment and operation of a quality 
assurance system in a community health center; and
    (g) Establish basic data, cost accounting, and management 
information and reporting systems as prescribed by the Secretary.

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