---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 498.218"
title: "20"
number: "498.218"
heading: "The record."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/498.218"
---

# §498.218. The record.

- (a) The hearing shall be recorded and transcribed. Transcripts may be obtained following the hearing from the ALJ.
- (b) The transcript of testimony, exhibits and other evidence admitted at the hearing, and all papers and requests filed in the proceeding constitute the record for the decision by the ALJ.
- (c) The record may be inspected and copied (upon payment of a reasonable fee) by any person, unless otherwise ordered by the ALJ for good cause.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 65471, Dec. 13, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1129, and 1140 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320a-8, and 1320b-10).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 58226, Nov. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 65471, Dec. 13, 1996]