---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 150.423"
title: "45"
number: "150.423"
heading: "Communications with the ALJ."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/150.423"
---

# §150.423. Communications with the ALJ.


No party or person (except employees of the ALJ's office) may communicate in any way with the ALJ on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for both parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a party or person from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg-63, 300gg-91, and 300gg-92, as amended.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted.