[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR50.503]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 50_POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart E_Maximum Allowable Cost for Drugs

 

Sec.  50.503  Policy.



    It is the policy of the Secretary that program funds which are 

utilized for the acquisition of drugs be expended in the most economical 

manner feasible. In furtherance of this policy, the Secretary has 

established, in 45 CFR part 19, a procedure for determining the Maximum 

Allowable Cost for drugs which are purchased with program funds.