---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 491.6"
title: "42"
number: "491.6"
heading: "Physical plant and environment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/491.6"
---

# §491.6. Physical plant and environment.

- (a) **Construction.** The clinic or center is constructed, arranged, and maintained to insure access to and safety of patients, and provides adequate space for the provision of direct services.
- (b) **Maintenance.** The clinic or center has a preventive maintenance program to ensure that:
  - (1) All essential mechanical, electrical and patient-care equipment is maintained in safe operating condition;
  - (2) Drugs and biologicals are appropriately stored; and
  - (3) **The premises are clean and orderly.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 24983, June 12, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 64041, Sept. 16, 2016]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[57 FR 24983, June 12, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 64041, Sept. 16, 2016]