---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 162.910"
title: "45"
number: "162.910"
heading: "Maintenance of standards and adoption of modifications and new standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/162.910"
---

# §162.910. Maintenance of standards and adoption of modifications and new standards.

- (a) **Designation of DSMOs.**
  - (1) The Secretary may designate as a DSMO an organization that agrees to conduct, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, the following functions:
    - (i) **Maintain standards adopted under this subchapter.**
    - (ii) **Receive and process requests for adopting a new standard or modifying an adopted standard.**
  - (2) The Secretary designates a DSMO by notice in the Federal Register.
- (b) **Maintenance of standards.** Maintenance of a standard by the appropriate DSMO constitutes maintenance of the standard for purposes of this part, if done in accordance with the processes the Secretary may require.
- (c) **Process for modification of existing standards and adoption of new standards.** The Secretary considers a recommendation for a proposed modification to an existing standard, or a proposed new standard, only if the recommendation is developed through a process that provides for the following:
  - (1) **Open public access.**
  - (2) **Coordination with other DSMOs.**
  - (3) **An appeals process for each of the following, if dissatisfied with the decision on the request—**
    - (i) **The requestor of the proposed modification.**
    - (ii) A DSMO that participated in the review and analysis of the request for the proposed modification, or the proposed new standard.
  - (4) **Expedited process to address content needs identified within the industry, if appropriate.**
  - (5) **Submission of the recommendation to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).**

## Notes

### 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.