---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 480.131"
title: "42"
number: "480.131"
heading: "Access to medical records for the monitoring of QIOs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/480.131"
---

# §480.131. Access to medical records for the monitoring of QIOs.


CMS or any person, organization or agency authorized by the Department or Federal statute to monitor a QIO will have access to medical records maintained by institutions or health care practitioners on Medicare patients. The monitor can require copies of the records.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 50 FR 15359, Apr. 17, 1985, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 66279, Nov. 24, 1999.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.