42 CFR § 460.76 - Transportation services.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s460.76"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 460.76 - Transportation services."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "460.76"
section_name: "Transportation services."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE)"
part_number: "460"
part_name: "PROGRAMS OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395, 1395eee(f), and 1396u-4(f)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "460"
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# 460.76 Transportation services.

(a) *Safety, accessibility, and equipment.* A PACE organization's transportation services must be safe, accessible, and equipped to meet the needs of the participant population.

(b) *Maintenance of vehicles.* (1) If the PACE organization owns, rents, or leases transportation vehicles, it must maintain these vehicles in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.

(2) If a contractor provides transportation services, the PACE organization must ensure that the vehicles are maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.

(c) *Communication with PACE center.* The PACE organization must ensure that transportation vehicles are equipped to communicate with the PACE center.

(d) *Training.* The PACE organization must train all transportation personnel (employees and contractors) in the following:

(1) Managing the special needs of participants.

(2) Handling emergency situations.

(e) *Changes in care plan.* As part of the interdisciplinary team process, PACE organization staff (employees and contractors) must communicate relevant changes in a participant's care plan to transportation personnel.

[64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999, as amended at 71 FR 71334, Dec. 8, 2006]