---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 485.601"
title: "42"
number: "485.601"
heading: "Basis and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/485.601"
---

# §485.601. Basis and scope.

- (a) **Statutory basis.** This subpart is based on section 1820 of the Act which sets forth the conditions for designating certain hospitals as CAHs.
- (b) **Scope.** This subpart sets forth the conditions that a hospital must meet to be designated as a CAH.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 30671, May 26, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997]

### Source

Source: 58 FR 30671, May 26, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395(hh).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 56293, Dec. 15, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 50 FR 33034, Aug. 16, 1985.

### Amendments

[58 FR 30671, May 26, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997]