A shortage of home health agencies exists if the Secretary determines that the RHC or FQHC:
- (a) Is located in a county, parish, or similar geographic area in which there is no participating home health agency or adequate home health services are not available to patients of the RHC or FQHC.
- (b) Has (or expects to have) patients whose permanent residences are not within the area serviced by a participating home health agency.
- (c) Has (or expects to have) patients whose permanent residences are not within a reasonable traveling distance, based on climate and terrain, of a participating home health agency.
[43 FR 8261, Mar. 1, 1978, as amended at 79 FR 25476, May 2, 2014]