---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.63"
title: "42"
number: "493.63"
heading: "Notification requirements for laboratories issued a certificate of accreditation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.63"
---

# §493.63. Notification requirements for laboratories issued a certificate of accreditation.


Laboratories issued a certificate of accreditation must:

- (a) **Notify HHS and the approved accreditation program within 30 days of any changes in—**
  - (1) Ownership;
  - (2) Name;
  - (3) Location; or
  - (4) **Director.**
- (b) Notify the approved accreditation program no later than 6 months after performing any test or examination within a specialty or subspecialty area that is not included in the laboratory's accreditation, so that the accreditation organization can determine compliance and a new certificate of accreditation can be issued.
- (c) Notify the accreditation program no later than 6 months after of 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 accreditation.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 57 FR 7144, 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.