---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.500"
title: "42"
number: "456.500"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.500"
---

# §456.500. Purpose.


For hospitals and mental hospitals, this subpart—

- (a) Prescribes conditions for the availability of FFP relating to UR plans;
- (b) Prescribes conditions for granting a waiver of UR plan requirements; and
- (c) **Prescribes conditions for granting a variance in UR plan requirements for remote facilities.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45266, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996]