---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 423.500"
title: "42"
number: "423.500"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/423.500"
---

# §423.500. Scope.


This subpart sets forth application procedures and contracts with Part D plans: application procedures and requirements; contract terms; procedures for termination of contracts; reporting by Part D plans. For purposes of this subpart, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations offering Part D plans follow the requirements of [part 422](/cfr/42/part422.md) of this chapter for MA organizations, except in cases where the requirements for the qualified prescription drug coverage involve additional requirements.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1306, 1395w-101 through 1395w-152, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 4525, Jan. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.