---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 171.401"
title: "45"
number: "171.401"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/171.401"
---

# §171.401. Definitions.


Common Agreement has the meaning given to it in [45 CFR 172.102](/cfr/45/172.102.md).

Framework Agreement has the meaning given to it in [45 CFR 172.102](/cfr/45/172.102.md).

Participant has the meaning given to it in [45 CFR 172.102](/cfr/45/172.102.md).

Qualified Health Information Network or QHIN has the meaning given to it in [45 CFR 172.102](/cfr/45/172.102.md).

Subparticipant has the meaning given to it in [45 CFR 172.102](/cfr/45/172.102.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 101810, Dec. 16, 2024]

### Source

Source: 89 FR 1437, Jan. 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj-52; 5 U.S.C. 552.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 25955, May 1, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 101810, Dec. 16, 2024]