---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 478.26"
title: "42"
number: "478.26"
heading: "Delegation of the reconsideration function."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/478.26"
---

# §478.26. Delegation of the reconsideration function.


A QIO may delegate the authority to reconsider an initial determination to a nonfacility subcontractor, including the organization that made the initial determination as a QIO subcontractor.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 50 FR 15372, Apr. 17, 1985, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999.

### Authority

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