---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 426.300"
title: "42"
number: "426.300"
heading: "Review of LCDs, NCDs, and deemed NCDs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/426.300"
---

# §426.300. Review of LCDs, NCDs, and deemed NCDs.

- (a) Upon the receipt of an acceptable LCD complaint as described in [§ 426.400](/cfr/42/426.400.md), an ALJ conducts a review of a challenged provision (or provisions) of an LCD using the reasonableness standard.
- (b) Upon the receipt of an acceptable NCD complaint as described in [§ 426.500](/cfr/42/426.500.md), the Board conducts an NCD review of a challenged provision (or provisions) of an NCD using the reasonableness standard.
- (c) The procedures established in this part governing the review of NCDs also apply in cases in which a deemed NCD is challenged.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1102 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh)

### Source

Source: 68 FR 63716, Nov. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted.