Stark Law: Rural Providers -- 411.356(c)(1)

411.356 Ownership or investment interests that do not constitute a financial relationship

(1) A rural provider, in the case of DHS furnished in a rural area (as defined at §411.351 of this subpart) by the provider.

A “rural provider” is an entity that furnishes substantially all (not less than 75 percent) of the DHS that it furnishes to residents of a rural area and, for the 18-month period beginning on December 8, 2003 (or such other period as Congress may specify), is not a specialty hospital, and in the case where the entity is a hospital, the hospital meets the requirements of §411.362 no later than September 23, 2011.