42 C.F.R. § 23.8

What operational requirements apply to an entity to which National Health Service Corps personnel are assigned?

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Each National Health Service Corps site must:

(a) Operate a health care delivery system within a planned or existing community structure to assure:

(1) The provision of high quality comprehensive health care;

(2) To the extent feasible, full professional health care coverage for the health manpower shortage area;

(3) Continuum of care; and

(4) The availability and accessibility of secondary and tertiary health care (the two more sophisticated levels of health care beyond primary care);

(b) Establish and maintain a patient record system;

(c) Implement a system for maintaining the confidentiality of patient records;

(d) Meet the requirements of applicable fire and safety codes;

(e) Develop, to the extent feasible, linkages with other health care facilities for the provision of services which supplement or complement the services furnished by the assigned Corps personnel;

(f) Operate a quality assurance system which meets the requirements of 42 CFR 51c.303(c) for the establishment and operation of a quality assurance system in a community health center; and

(g) Establish basic data, cost accounting, and management information and reporting systems as prescribed by the Secretary.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1988–1988 · leading case: Shumaker Ex Rel. Shumaker v. United States, 714 F. Supp. 154 (M.D.N.C. 1988).
Shumaker Ex Rel. Shumaker v. United States, 714 F. Supp. 154 (M.D.N.C. 1988). · cites it 2× “Part 23 required CFMC to establish and maintain a patient record system, 42 C.F.R. § 23.8 (b), and to operate a quality assurance system in accordance with 42 C.”
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