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§ 291c. General regulations
The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Federal Hospital Council and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall by general regulations prescribe—
(a) Priority of projects; determination
the general manner in which the State agency shall determine the priority of projects based on the relative need of different areas lacking adequate facilities of various types for which assistance is available under this part, giving special consideration—
(1) in the case of projects for the construction of hospitals, to facilities serving areas with relatively small financial resources and, at the option of the State, rural communities;
(2) in the case of projects for the construction of rehabilitation facilities, to facilities operated in connection with a university teaching hospital which will provide an integrated program of medical, psychological, social, and vocational evaluation and services under competent supervision;
(3) in the case of projects for modernization of facilities, to facilities serving densely populated areas;
(4) in the case of projects for construction or modernization of outpatient facilities, to any outpatient facility that will be located in, and provide services for residents of, an area determined by the Secretary to be a rural or urban poverty area;
(5) to projects for facilities which, alone or in conjunction with other facilities, will provide comprehensive health care, including outpatient and preventive care as well as hospitalization;
(6) to facilities which will provide training in health or allied health professions; and
(7) to facilities which will provide to a significant extent, for the treatment of alcoholism;
(b) Standards of construction and equipment
(c) Criteria for determining needs for beds, hospitals and other facilities; plans for distribution of beds and facilities
(d) Criteria for determining need for modernization
(e) State plan requirements; assurances necessary for approval of application
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 88–443, § 3(a), Aug. 18, 1964, 78 Stat. 451; amended Pub. L. 88–581, § 3(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; Pub. L. 91–296, title I, § 110, June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 339; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)