[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: 42CFR51c.203]

[Page 183]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 51c--GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Grants for Planning and Developing Community Health Centers
 
Sec. 51c.203  Project elements.

    A project for the planning and developing of a community health 
center supported under this subpart must:
    (a) Prepare an assessment of the need of the population proposed to 
be served by the community health center for the services set forth in 
Sec. 51c.102(c)(1) of subpart A, with special attention to the need of 
the medically underserved population for such services. Such assessment 
of need shall, at a minimum, consider the factors listed in 
Sec. 51c.102(e)(1)-(4).
    (b) Design a community health center program for such population, 
based on such assessment, which indicates in detail how the proposed 
community health center will fulfill the needs identified in the 
assessment prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section and how it 
will meet the requirements contained in subpart C of this part.
    (c) Develop a plan for the implementation of the program designed 
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section. Such implementation plan 
shall provide for the time-phased recruitment and training of the 
personnel essential for the operation of a community health center and 
the gradual assumption of operational status of the project so that the 
project will, in the judgment of the Secretary, meet the requirements 
contained in subpart C of this part as of the end of the project period.
    (d) Implement the plan developed pursuant to paragraph (c) of this 
section in accordance with such paragraph.
    (e) Make efforts to secure, within the proposed catchment area of 
such center to the extent possible, financial and professional 
assistance and support for the project.
    (f) Initiate and encourage continuing community involvement in the 
development and operation of the project.
    (g) Establish standards and qualifications for personnel (including 
the project director).
    (h) Utilize, to the maximum extent feasible, other Federal, State, 
local, and private resources available for support of the project, prior 
to use of project funds under this subpart.