---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 426.486"
title: "42"
number: "426.486"
heading: "Prohibited provisions of a Board decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/426.486"
---

# §426.486. Prohibited provisions of a Board decision.


A Board decision must not do any of the following:

- (a) **Order CMS or its contractors to add any language to a provision or provisions of an LCD.**
- (b) **Order CMS or its contractors to pay a specific claim.**
- (c) **Set a time limit to establish a new or revised LCD.**
- (d) **Review or evaluate an LCD other than the LCD named in the ALJ's decision.**
- (e) Include a requirement for CMS or its contractors that specifies payment, coding, or system changes for an LCD or deadlines for implementing these changes.
- (f) **Order CMS or its contractors to implement an LCD in a particular manner.**

## 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.