Medical Facilities Unit Hospital Types
Psychiatric Hospitals/Units
A Psychiatric
Hospital 
is a facility that assists recovery by providing active treatment and care to persons with mental illness. Such care is provided under the supervision of a physician. This facility type may or may not offer similar services to outpatients.
A Psychiatric Hospital Unit is a unit within a general hospital that meets the needs of a person with mental illness.
- State Licensing Regulations
- Federal Requirements
- Federal Survey Guidelines, Appendix AA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) State Operations Manual (SOM) (Adobe
PDF* )
- Federal Survey Guidelines for Determining Immediate Jeopardy, Appendix Q, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) State Operations Manual (SOM) (Adobe
PDF* )
- CMS
Policies and Memos to States , including survey and certification memoranda, guidance, clarifications, and instructions to state survey agencies
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- Federal Complaint Procedures, Chapter 5, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) State Operations Manual (SOM) (Adobe
PDF* )
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