---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.914"
title: "20"
number: "416.914"
heading: "When we will purchase existing evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.914"
---

# §416.914. When we will purchase existing evidence.


We need specific medical evidence to determine whether you are disabled or blind. We will pay for the medical evidence we request, if there is a charge. We will also be responsible for the cost of medical evidence we ask you to get.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 421(m), 902(a)(5), 1382, 1382c, 1382h, 1383, and 1383b; secs. 4(c) and 5, 6(c)-(e), 14(a), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1794, 1801, 1802, and 1808 (42 U.S.C. 421 note, 423 note, and 1382h note).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 55621, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.