42 CFR § 483.206 - Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s483.206"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 483.206 - Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "483.206"
section_name: "Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "483"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7, 1395i, 1395hh and 1396r."
cfr_part: "483"
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# 483.206 Transfers, discharges and relocations subject to appeal.
(a) “Facility” means a certified entity, either a Medicare SNF or a Medicaid NF (See § 483.5).
(b) A resident has appeal rights when he or she is transferred from—
(1) A certified bed into a noncertified bed; and
(2) A bed in a certified entity to a bed in an entity which is certified as a different provider.
(c) A resident has no appeal rights when he or she is moved from one bed in the certified entity to another bed in the same certified entity.
[57 FR 56514, Nov. 30, 1992, as amended at 81 FR 68871, Oct. 4, 2016]