---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 3.510"
title: "42"
number: "3.510"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/3.510"
---

# §3.510. Ex parte contacts.


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


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 299b-21 through 299b-26; 42 U.S.C. 299c-6.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 70796, Nov. 21, 2008, unless otherwise noted.