---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300s"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300s"
heading: "General regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300s"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XIV — Health Resources Development"
  - "Part C — General Provisions"
---

# §300s. General regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall by regulation—

- (1) prescribe the manner in which he shall determine the priority among [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for which assistance is available under part A or B, based on the relative need of different areas for such [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) and giving special consideration—
  - (A) to [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for [medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=11) serving areas with relatively small financial resources and for [medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=11) serving rural communities,
  - (B) in the case of [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for [modernization](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=9) of [medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=11), to [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for facilities serving densely populated areas,
  - (C) in the case of [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) of [outpatient medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=4), to [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) that will be located in, and provide [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) for residents of, areas determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) to be rural or urban poverty areas,
  - (D) to [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) designed to (i) eliminate or prevent imminent safety hazards as defined by Federal, [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f), or local fire, building, or life safety codes or [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d), or (ii) avoid noncompliance with [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) or voluntary licensure or accreditation standards, and
  - (E) to [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) for [medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=11) which, alone or in conjunction with other facilities, will provide comprehensive health care, including outpatient and preventive care as well as hospitalization;
- (2) prescribe for [medical facilities](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=11) [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) assisted under part A or B general standards of [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), [modernization](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=9), and equipment, which standards may vary on the basis of the class of facilities and their location; and
- (3) prescribe the general manner in which each entity which receives financial assistance under part A or B or has received financial assistance under part A or B or subchapter IV shall be required to comply with the assurances required to be made at the time such assistance was received and the means by which such entity shall be required to demonstrate compliance with such assurances.

An entity subject to the requirements prescribed pursuant to [paragraph (3)](#3) respecting compliance with assurances made in connection with receipt of financial assistance shall submit periodically to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) data and information which reasonably supports the entity’s compliance with such assurances. The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may not waive the requirement of the preceding sentence.


## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1620, as added Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 632.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 300s, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1630, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, 88 Stat. 2269, provided for judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–79, § 202(b), eff. Oct. 1, 1979.

A prior section 1620 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 1601 by Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 203(a)(1), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 635, and is classified to section 300q of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 204 of Pub. L. 96–79, set out as an Effective Date of 1979 Amendment note under section 300q of this title.