---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 160.510"
title: "45"
number: "160.510"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/160.510"
---

# §160.510. Ex parte contacts.


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

### Source

Source: 71 FR 8428, Feb. 16, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302(a); 42 U.S.C. 1320d-1320d-9; sec. 264, Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 2033-2034 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 (note)); 5 U.S.C. 552; secs. 13400-13424, Pub. L. 111-5, 123 Stat. 258-279; and sec. 1104 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 82798, Dec. 28, 2000, unless otherwise noted.