CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION (parts 482 to 498) > PART 488—SURVEY, CERTIFICATION, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES > SUBPART F—Enforcement of Compliance for Long-Term Care Facilities with Deficiencies (§488.400 to §488.456) > 488.426—Transfer of residents, or closure of the facility and transfer of residents.

488.426—Transfer of residents, or closure of the facility and transfer of residents.

(a) Transfer of residents, or closure of the facility and transfer of residents in an emergency. In an emergency, the State has the authority to—
(1) Transfer Medicaid and Medicare residents to another facility; or
(2) Close the facility and transfer the Medicaid and Medicare residents to another facility.
(b) Required transfer when a facility's provider agreement is terminated. When the State or CMS terminates a facility's provider agreement, the State arranges for the safe and orderly transfer of all Medicare and Medicaid residents to another facility.
[59 FR 56243, Nov. 10, 1994; 60 FR 50119, Sept. 28, 1995]