---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.51"
title: "42"
number: "493.51"
heading: "Notification requirements for laboratories issued a certificate of compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.51"
---

# §493.51. Notification requirements for laboratories issued a certificate of compliance.


Laboratories issued a certificate of compliance must meet the following conditions:

- (a) **Notify HHS or its designee within 30 days of any change in—**
  - (1) Ownership;
  - (2) Name;
  - (3) Location;
  - (4) Director; or
  - (5) **Technical supervisor (laboratories performing high complexity only).**
- (b) Notify HHS no later than 6 months after performing any test or examination within a specialty or subspecialty area that is not included on the laboratory's certificate of compliance, so that compliance with requirements can be determined.
- (c) Notify HHS no later than 6 months after any deletions or changes in test methodologies for any test or examination included in a specialty or subspecialty, or both, for which the laboratory has been issued a certificate of compliance.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 7143, Feb. 28, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 20046, Apr. 24, 1995]

### Source

Source: 57 FR 7143, 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.

### Amendments

[57 FR 7143, Feb. 28, 1992, as amended at 60 FR 20046, Apr. 24, 1995]