[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR416.41]

[Page 675]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 416--AMBULATORY SURGICAL SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Specific Conditions for Coverage
 
Sec. 416.41  Condition for coverage--Governing body and management.

    The ASC must have a governing body, that assumes full legal 
responsibility for determining, implementing, and monitoring policies 
governing the ASC's total operation and for ensuring that these policies 
are administered so as to provide quality health care in a safe 
environment. When services are provided through a contract with an 
outside resource, the ASC must assure that these services are provided 
in a safe and effective manner. Standard: Hospitalization. The ASC must 
have an effective procedure for the immediate transfer to a hospital, of 
patients requiring emergency medical care beyond the capabilities of the 
ASC. This hospital must be a local, Medicare participating hospital or a 
local, nonparticipating hospital that meets the requirements for payment 
for emergency services under Sec. 482.2 of this chapter. The ASC must 
have a written transfer agreement with such a hospital, or all 
physicians performing surgery in the ASC must have admitting privileges 
at such a hospital.

[47 FR 34094, Aug. 5, 1982, as amended at 51 FR 22041, June 17, 1986]