---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 422.688"
title: "42"
number: "422.688"
heading: "Authority of hearing officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/422.688"
---

# §422.688. Authority of hearing officer.


In exercising his or her authority, the hearing officer must comply with the provisions of title XVIII and related provisions of the Act, the regulations issued by the Secretary, and general instructions issued by CMS in implementing the Act.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 35113, June 26, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395w-21 through 1395w-28, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 18134, Apr. 14, 1998, unless otherwise noted.