CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (parts 430 to 456) > PART 456—UTILIZATION CONTROL > SUBPART I—Inspections of Care in Intermediate Care Facilities and Institutions for Mental Diseases (§456.600 to §456.614) > 456.601—Definitions.

456.601—Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart—
Facility means an institution for mental diseases, or an intermediate care facility.
Intermediate care facility includes institutions for the mentally retarded or persons with related conditions but excludes religious nonmedical institutions as defined in § 440.170(b) of this chapter.
Institution for mental diseases includes a mental hospital, a psychiatric facility, and an intermediate care facility that primarily cares for mental patients.
Psychiatric facility includes a facility or program that provides inpatient psychiatric services for individuals under 21, as specified in § 441.151 of this chapter, but does not include psychiatric wards in acute care hospitals.
[44 FR 56337, Oct. 1, 1979, as amended at 61 FR 38399, July 24, 1996; 64 FR 67052, Nov. 30, 1999]