[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR405.2417]

[Page 163]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 405--FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart X--Rural Health Clinic and Federally Qualified Health Center 
                                Services
 
Sec. 405.2417  Visiting nurse services: Determination of shortage of agencies.

    A shortage of home health agencies exists if the Secretary 
determines that the rural health clinic:
    (a) Is located in a county, parish, or similar geographic area in 
which there is no participating home health agency or adequate home 
health services are not available to patients of the rural health 
clinic;
    (b) Has (or expects to have) patients whose permanent residences are 
not within the area serviced by a participating home health agency; or
    (c) Has (or expects to have) patients whose permanent residences are 
not within a reasonable traveling distance, based on climate and 
terrain, of a participating home health agency.

               Federally Qualified Health Center Services

    Source: 57 FR 24978, June 12, 1992, unless otherwise noted.