---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 407.12"
title: "42"
number: "407.12"
heading: "General enrollment provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/407.12"
---

# §407.12. General enrollment provisions.

- (a) **Opportunity to enroll.**
  - (1) An individual who is eligible to enroll for SMI may do so during an initial enrollment period or a general enrollment period as specified in §§ [407.14](/cfr/42/407.14.md), and [407.15](/cfr/42/407.15.md). An individual who meets the conditions specified in [§ 407.20](/cfr/42/407.20.md) may enroll during a special enrollment period, as provided in that section.
  - (2) An individual who fails to enroll during his or her initial enrollment period or whose enrollment has been terminated may enroll or reenroll during a general enrollment period, or, if he or she meets the specified conditions, during a special enrollment period.
- (b) **Enrollment periods ending on a nonworkday.**
  - (1) If an enrollment period ends on a Federal nonworkday, that period is automatically extended to the next succeeding workday.
  - (2) A Federal nonworkday is any Saturday, Sunday, or Federal legal holiday or a day that is declared by statute or executive order to be a day on which Federal employees are not required to work.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395p, 1395q, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 47204, Nov. 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.