---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 170.555"
title: "45"
number: "170.555"
heading: "Certification to newer versions of certain standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/170.555"
---

# §170.555. Certification to newer versions of certain standards.

- (a) ONC-ACBs may certify Health IT Module(s) to a newer version of certain identified minimum standards specified at [subpart B](/cfr/45/subpartB.md) of this part, unless the Secretary prohibits the use of a newer version for certification.
- (b) **Applicability of a newer version of a minimum standard.**
  - (1) ONC-ACBs are not required to certify Health IT Module(s) according to newer versions of standards adopted and named in [subpart B](/cfr/45/subpartB.md) of this part, unless:
    - (i) The National Coordinator approves a newer version for use in certification and a health IT developer voluntarily elects to seek certification of its health IT in accordance with [§ 170.405(b)(9)](/cfr/45/170.405.md?p=b-9) or update its certified health IT to the newer version in accordance with [§ 170.405(b)(8)](/cfr/45/170.405.md?p=b-8); or
    - (ii) The new version is incorporated by reference in [§ 170.299](/cfr/45/170.299.md).
  - (2) A certified Complete EHR or certified Health IT Module may be upgraded to comply with newer versions of standards identified as minimum standards in subpart B of this part without adversely affecting its certification status, unless the Secretary prohibits the use of a newer version for certification.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 54291, Sept. 4, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 25952, 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

[77 FR 54291, Sept. 4, 2012, as amended at 85 FR 25952, May 1, 2020]