---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 1005.5"
title: "42"
number: "1005.5"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/1005.5"
---

# §1005.5. Ex parte contacts.


No party or person (except employees of the ALJ's office) will communicate in any way with the ALJ on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a person or party from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405(a), 405(b), 1302, 1320a-7, 1320a-7a and 1320c-5.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 3350, Jan. 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted.