---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1816"
title: "42"
number: "493.1816"
heading: "Action when deficiencies are not at the condition level."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1816"
---

# §493.1816. Action when deficiencies are not at the condition level.


If a laboratory has deficiencies, that are not at the condition level, the following rules apply:

- (a) **Initial action.** The laboratory must submit a plan of correction that is acceptable to CMS in content and time frames.
- (b) **Failure to correct deficiencies.** If, on revisit, it is found that the laboratory has not corrected the deficiencies within 12 months after the last day of inspection, the following rules apply:
  - (1) **CMS cancels the laboratory's approval to receive Medicare payment for its services.**
  - (2) CMS notifies the laboratory of its intent to suspend, limit, or revoke the laboratory's CLIA certificate and of the laboratory's right to a hearing.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 57 FR 7237, Feb. 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 1395x(s)(3) and (s)(17).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.