---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 422.701"
title: "20"
number: "422.701"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/422.701"
---

# §422.701. Scope and purpose.


The regulations in this subpart describe the limited circumstances under which SSA is authorized to listen-in to or record telephone conversations. The purpose of this subpart is to inform the public and SSA employees of those circumstances and the procedures that SSA will follow when conducting telephone service observation activities.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 205(a) and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405 and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 63 FR 57058, Oct. 26, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 13653, Sept. 29, 1967, unless otherwise noted.