---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 162.605"
title: "45"
number: "162.605"
heading: "Standard unique employer identifier."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/162.605"
---

# §162.605. Standard unique employer identifier.


The Secretary adopts the EIN as the standard unique employer identifier provided for by [42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)](/usc/42/1320d-2.md?p=b).


## Notes

### Source

Source: 67 FR 38020, May 31, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d—1320d-9 and secs. 1104 and 10109 of Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 146-154 and 915-917.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 50367, Aug. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted.