---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 483.206"
title: "42"
number: "483.206"
heading: "Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/483.206"
---

# §483.206. Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal.

- (a) “Facility” means a certified entity, either a Medicare SNF or a Medicaid NF (See [§ 483.5](/cfr/42/483.5.md)).
- (b) **A resident has appeal rights when he or she is transferred from—**
  - (1) A certified bed into a noncertified bed; and
  - (2) **A bed in a certified entity to a bed in an entity which is certified as a different provider.**
- (c) A resident has no appeal rights when he or she is moved from one bed in the certified entity to another bed in the same certified entity.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 56514, Nov. 30, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 68871, Oct. 4, 2016]

### Source

Source: 57 FR 56514, Nov. 30, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r.

### Amendments

[57 FR 56514, Nov. 30, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 68871, Oct. 4, 2016]