---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 426.547"
title: "42"
number: "426.547"
heading: "Issuance, notification, and posting of a Board's decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/426.547"
---

# §426.547. Issuance, notification, and posting of a Board's decision.


The Board must do the following:

- (a) Issue to all parties to the NCD review, within 90 days of closing the NCD review record to the taking of evidence, one of the following:
  - (1) **A written decision, including a description of appeal rights.**
  - (2) A written notification stating that a decision is pending, and an approximate date of issuance for the decision.
- (b) **Make the decision available at the HHS Medicare Internet site.** The posted decision does not include any information that identifies any individual, provider of service, or supplier.

## 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.