---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 172.100"
title: "45"
number: "172.100"
heading: "Basis, purpose, and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/172.100"
---

# §172.100. Basis, purpose, and scope.

- (a) **Basis and authority.** The provisions of this part implement section 3001(c)(9) of the Public Health Service Act.
- (b) **Purpose.** The purpose of this part is to:
  - (1) Ensure full network-to-network exchange of health information; and
  - (2) Establish a voluntary process for a Qualified Health Information Network TM (QHIN TM) to attest to adoption of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement TM (TEFCA TM).
- (c) **Scope.** This part addresses:
  - (1) Minimum qualifications needed for a health information network to be Designated as a QHIN capable of trusted exchange under TEFCA.
  - (2) Procedures governing QHIN Onboarding and Designation, suspension, termination, and further administrative review.
  - (3) **Attestation submission requirements for a QHIN to attest to its adoption of TEFCA.**
  - (4) ASTP/ONC attestation acceptance and removal processes for publication of attesting QHINs in the QHIN Attestation Directory.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 89 FR 101810, Dec. 16, 2024, unless otherwise noted.