---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 426.406"
title: "42"
number: "426.406"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/426.406"
---

# §426.406. Ex parte contacts.


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


## 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.