{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-485.506","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 485.506","heading":"Designation and certification of REHs.","body":"CMS certifies a facility as an REH if the facility was, as of December 27, 2020—\n(a) A critical access hospital; or\n(b) A hospital as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Act with not more than 50 beds located in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) that is considered rural (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Act); or\n(c) A hospital as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Act with not more than 50 beds that was treated as being located in a rural area that has had an active reclassification from urban to rural status as specified in § 412.103 of this chapter as of December 27, 2020.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION","PART 485—CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: SPECIALIZED PROVIDERS","Subpart E—Conditions of Participation: Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"ec11bd115c2c92f32b930bc3209f39209ed547962879ba297318649d90a873ee","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-485.504","next":"us/42-cfr-485.508"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}