---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 456.600"
title: "42"
number: "456.600"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/456.600"
---

# §456.600. Purpose.


This subpart prescribes requirements for periodic inspections of care and services intermediate care facilities (ICF's), and institutions for mental diseases (IMD's).


## 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]