---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 172.602"
title: "45"
number: "172.602"
heading: "Basis for appeal by QHIN or Applicant QHIN."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/172.602"
---

# §172.602. Basis for appeal by QHIN or Applicant QHIN.

- (a) An Applicant QHIN or QHIN may appeal the following decisions to ASTP/ONC or a hearing officer, as appropriate:
  - (1) **Applicant QHIN.** An Applicant QHIN may appeal a denial of its QHIN application.
  - (2) **QHIN.** A QHIN may appeal:
    - (i) **A decision to suspend the QHIN or to instruct the QHIN to suspend its Participant or Subparticipant.**
    - (ii) **A decision to terminate the QHIN's Common Agreement.**
- (b) [Reserved]

## 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.