---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 488.4"
title: "42"
number: "488.4"
heading: "General rules for a CMS-approved accreditation program for providers and suppliers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/488.4"
---

# §488.4. General rules for a CMS-approved accreditation program for providers and suppliers.

- (a) The following requirements apply when a national accrediting organization has applied for CMS approval of a provider or supplier accreditation program and CMS has found that the program provides reasonable assurance for providers or suppliers accredited under the program:
  - (1) When a provider or supplier demonstrates full compliance with all of the accreditation program requirements of the accrediting organization's CMS-approved accreditation program, the accrediting organization may recommend that CMS grant deemed status to the provider or supplier.
  - (2) CMS may deem the provider or supplier, excluding kidney transplant centers within a hospital and ESRD facilities, to be in compliance with the applicable Medicare conditions or requirements. The deemed status provider or supplier is subject to validation surveys as provided at [§ 488.9](/cfr/42/488.9.md).
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 29835, May 22, 2015]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 22859, June 17, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 29835, May 22, 2015]