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§482.13 Condition of Participation: Patient's Rights
A hospital must protect and promote each patient’s rights.
Interpretive Guidelines §482.13
These requirements apply to all Medicare or Medicaid participating hospitals including short-term, acute
care, surgical, specialty, psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term, children's and cancer, whether or not they
are accredited. This rule does not apply to critical access hospitals. (See Social Security Act (the Act)
§1861(e).)
These requirements, as well as the other Conditions of Participation in 42 CFR 482, apply to all parts
and locations (outpatient services, provider-based entities, inpatient services) of the Medicare
participating hospital.
Survey Procedures §482.13
Survey of the Patients’ Rights Condition of Participation (CoP) should be coordinated by one surveyor.
However, each surveyor, as he/she conducts his/her survey assignments, should assess the hospital’s
compliance with the Patients’ Rights CoP.
History
Rev. 37, Issued: 10-17-08; Effective/Implementation Date: 10-17-08
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-22
- Edition
- som-2026-07-22
- Content hash
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