[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR485.627]



[Page 607]

 

                         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. 485.627  Condition of participation: Organizational structure.



    (a) Standard: Governing body or responsible individual. The CAH has 

a governing body or an individual that assumes full legal responsibility 

for determining, implementing and monitoring policies governing the 

CAH's total operation and for ensuring that those policies are 

administered so as to provide quality health care in a safe environment.

    (b) Standard: Disclosure. The CAH discloses the names and addresses 

of--

    (1) Its owners, or those with a controlling interest in the CAH or 

in any subcontractor in which the CAH directly or indirectly has a 5 

percent or more ownership interest, in accordance with subpart C of part 

420 of this chapter;

    (2) The person principally responsible for the operation of the CAH; 

and

    (3) The person responsible for medical direction.



[58 FR 30671, May 26, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997]