42 CFR § 491.1 - Purpose and scope.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s491.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 491.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "491.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "491"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN HEALTH FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 263a and 1302."
cfr_part: "491"
---


# 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]