Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Feb 02, 2026
§ 491.1 - Purpose and scope.

This subpart sets forth the conditions that rural health clinics or FQHCs must meet in order to qualify for reimbursement under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and that rural health clinics must meet in order to qualify for reimbursement under Medicaid (title XIX of the Act).

[57 FR 24982, June 12, 1992]
authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a and 1302
cite as: 42 CFR 491.1