[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR485.612]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
                 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--(Continued)
 
PART 485--CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: SPECIALIZED PROVIDERS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart F--Conditions of Participation: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
 
Sec. 485.612  Condition of participation: Compliance with hospital requirements at the time of application.

    Except for recently closed facilities as described in Sec. 
485.610(a)(2), or health clinics or health centers as described in Sec. 
485.610(a)(3), the facility is a hospital

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that has a provider agreement to participate in the Medicare program as 
a hospital at the time the hospital applies for designation as a CAH.

[66 FR 32196, June 13, 2001]