[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR160.104]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 160_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  160.104  Modifications.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the 

Secretary may adopt a modification to a standard or implementation 

specification adopted under this subchapter no more frequently than once 

every 12 months.

    (b) The Secretary may adopt a modification at any time during the 

first year after the standard or implementation specification is 

initially adopted, if the Secretary determines that the modification is 

necessary to permit compliance with the standard or implementation 

specification.

    (c) The Secretary will establish the compliance date for any 

standard or implementation specification modified under this section.

    (1) The compliance date for a modification is no earlier than 180 

days after the effective date of the final rule in which the Secretary 

adopts the modification.

    (2) The Secretary may consider the extent of the modification and 

the time needed to comply with the modification in determining the 

compliance date for the modification.

    (3) The Secretary may extend the compliance date for small health 

plans, as the Secretary determines is appropriate.



[65 FR 82798, Dec. 28, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 38019, May 31, 2002]