---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 482.60"
title: "42"
number: "482.60"
heading: "Special provisions applying to psychiatric hospitals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/482.60"
---

# §482.60. Special provisions applying to psychiatric hospitals.


Psychiatric hospital must—

- (a) Be primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, psychiatric services for the diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill persons;
- (b) Meet the conditions of participation specified in [§§ 482.1 through 482.23](/cfr/42/482.1..482.23.md) and [§§ 482.25 through 482.57](/cfr/42/482.25..482.57.md);
- (c) Maintain clinical records on all patients, including records sufficient to permit CMS to determine the degree and intensity of treatment furnished to Medicare beneficiaries, as specified in [§ 482.61](/cfr/42/482.61.md); and
- (d) Meet the staffing requirements specified in [§ 482.62](/cfr/42/482.62.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 60788, Oct. 26, 2007]

### Source

Source: 72 FR 15273, Mar. 30, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395hh, and 1395rr, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 22042, June 17, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 60788, Oct. 26, 2007]