---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 170.501"
title: "45"
number: "170.501"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/170.501"
---

# §170.501. Applicability.

- (a) This subpart establishes the processes that applicants for ONC-ACB status must follow to be granted ONC-ACB status by the National Coordinator; the processes the National Coordinator will follow when assessing applicants and granting ONC-ACB status; the requirements that ONC-ACBs must follow to maintain ONC-ACB status; and the requirements of ONC-ACBs for certifying Health IT Module(s), and other types of health IT in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary in [subpart C](/cfr/45/subpartC.md) of this part.
- (b) This subpart establishes the processes that applicants for ONC-ATL status must follow to be granted ONC-ATL status by the National Coordinator; the processes the National Coordinator will follow when assessing applicants and granting ONC-ATL status; the requirements that ONC-ATLs must follow to maintain ONC-ATL status; and the requirements of ONC-ATLs for testing Health IT Modules in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary in subpart C of this part.
- (c) [Reserved]
- (d) This subpart establishes the processes the National Coordinator will follow when exercising direct review of certified health IT and related requirements for ONC-ACBs, ONC-ATLs, and developers of health IT certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 72464, Oct. 19, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 25950, May 1, 2020]

### Source

Source: 76 FR 1325, Dec. 7, 2011, 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

[81 FR 72464, Oct. 19, 2016, as amended at 85 FR 25950, May 1, 2020]