---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.61"
title: "42"
number: "498.61"
heading: "Evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.61"
---

# §498.61. Evidence.


Evidence may be received at the hearing even though inadmissible under the rules of evidence applicable to court procedure. The ALJ rules on the admissibility of evidence.


## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 56252, Nov. 10, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 32350, June 24, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 56252, Nov. 10, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 32350, June 24, 1996]