Rules and Regulations
North Carolina administrative codes (NCAC) and regulations from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that apply to acute and home care facilities are provided below. The North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings provides access to both permanent and temporary rules.
CMS Regulations
The complete Medicare State Operations Manual (PDF, 57 KB) is available online.
- Ambulatory Surgery centers (PDF, 263 KB)
- Critical Access Hospitals (PDF, 1.56 MB)
- End Stage Renal Disease Facility providers
- Home Health providers (PDF, 464 KB)
- Hospices (PDF, 719 KB)
- Hospitals (PDF, 2.13 MB)
- Clinical Laboratories (PDF, 3.78 MB)
- Life Safety Code requirements (PDF, 140 KB)
- Psychiatric Hospitals (PDF, 611 KB)
- Outpatient Physical Therapy providers (PDF, 183 KB)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
- Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (PDF, 175 KB)
- Rural Health Clinics (PDF, 381 KB)
- Religious Non-medical Health Care Institutions (PDF, 451 KB)
- Organ Transplant Centers (PDF, 1.34 MB)