---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 170.300"
title: "45"
number: "170.300"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/170.300"
---

# §170.300. Applicability.

- (a) The certification criteria adopted in this subpart apply to the testing and certification of Health IT Modules.
- (b) When a certification criterion refers to two or more standards as alternatives, use of at least one of the alternative standards will be considered compliant.
- (c) Health Modules are not required to be compliant with certification criteria or capabilities specified within a certification criterion that are designated as optional.
- (d) In [§ 170.315](/cfr/45/170.315.md), all certification criteria and all capabilities specified within a certification criterion have general applicability (i.e., apply to any health care setting) unless designated as “inpatient setting only” or “ambulatory setting only.”

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 44649, July 28, 2010, as amended at 77 FR 54286, Sept. 4, 2012; 80 FR 62747, Oct. 16, 2015; 85 FR 25941, May 1, 2020; 85 FR 70083, Nov. 4, 2020]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 44651, July 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj-11; 42 U.S.C 300jj-14; 5 U.S.C. 552.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 2042, Jan. 13, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 44649, July 28, 2010, as amended at 77 FR 54286, Sept. 4, 2012; 80 FR 62747, Oct. 16, 2015; 85 FR 25941, May 1, 2020; 85 FR 70083, Nov. 4, 2020]