---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.520"
title: "42"
number: "456.520"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.520"
---

# §456.520. Definitions.


As used in [§§ 456.521 through 456.525](/cfr/42/456.521..456.525.md) of this subpart:

Available physician or other professional personnel means an individual who—

- (a) Is professionally qualified;
- (b) Is not precluded from participating in UR under [§ 456.107](/cfr/42/456.107.md) of [subpart C](/cfr/42/subpartC.md); or [§ 456.207](/cfr/42/456.207.md) of [subpart D](/cfr/42/subpartD.md); and
- (c) Is not precluded from effective participation in UR because he requires more than approximately 1 hour to travel between the remote facility and his place of work.

  Remote facility means a facility located in an area that does not have enough available physicians or other professional personnel to perform UR as required under subparts C or D of this part, and for which the State requests a variance.

  Variance means permission granted by the Administrator to the Medicaid agency for a specific remote facility to use time periods different from those specified for the start and completion of reviews of all cases under the following sections: §§ [456.125](/cfr/42/456.125.md), [456.126](/cfr/42/456.126.md), [456.136](/cfr/42/456.136.md), and [456.137](/cfr/42/456.137.md) of [subpart C](/cfr/42/subpartC.md); and [§ 456.238](/cfr/42/456.238.md) of subpart D.


## 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]