[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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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