---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 491.3"
title: "42"
number: "491.3"
heading: "Certification procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/491.3"
---

# §491.3. Certification procedures.


A rural health clinic will be certified for participation in Medicare in accordance with [subpart S](/cfr/42/subpartS.md) of [42 CFR part 405](/cfr/42/part405.md). The Secretary will notify the State Medicaid agency whenever he has certified or denied certification under Medicare for a prospective rural health clinic in that State. A clinic certified under Medicare will be deemed to meet the standards for certification under Medicaid.


## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 55346, Sept. 22, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a and 1302.

### Amendments

[71 FR 55346, Sept. 22, 2006]