[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR51c.203]



[Page 179]

 

                         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.