---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Public Welfare"
key: "subtB/chIII/part303"
level: "part"
label: "Part 303"
heading: "Standards for Program Operations"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/subtB-chIII-part303"
sections_count: 31
---

# Part 303 — Standards for Program Operations

Title 45 C.F.R. — Public Welfare › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Welfare › Chapter III — Office of Child Support Services, Administration of Families and Services, Department of Health and Human Services

## Sections

- [§303.0. Scope and applicability of this part.](/cfr/45/303.0.md)
- [§303.1. Definitions.](/cfr/45/303.1.md)
- [§303.2. Establishment of cases and maintenance of case records.](/cfr/45/303.2.md)
- [§303.3. Location of noncustodial parents in IV-D cases.](/cfr/45/303.3.md)
- [§303.4. Establishment of support obligations.](/cfr/45/303.4.md)
- [§303.5. Establishment of paternity.](/cfr/45/303.5.md)
- [§303.6. Enforcement of support obligations.](/cfr/45/303.6.md)
- [§303.7. Provision of services in intergovernmental IV-D cases.](/cfr/45/303.7.md)
- [§303.8. Review and adjustment of child support orders.](/cfr/45/303.8.md)
- [§303.10. Reserved](/cfr/45/303.10.md)
- [§303.11. Case closure criteria.](/cfr/45/303.11.md)
- [§303.15. Agreements to use the Federal Parent Locator Service (PLS) in parental kidnapping and child custody or visitation cases.](/cfr/45/303.15.md)
- [§303.20. Minimum organizational and staffing requirements.](/cfr/45/303.20.md)
- [§303.21. Safeguarding and disclosure of confidential information.](/cfr/45/303.21.md)
- [§303.30. Securing medical support information.](/cfr/45/303.30.md)
- [§303.31. Securing and enforcing medical support obligations.](/cfr/45/303.31.md)
- [§303.32. National Medical Support Notice.](/cfr/45/303.32.md)
- [§303.35. Administrative complaint procedure.](/cfr/45/303.35.md)
- [§303.52. Pass-through of incentives to political subdivisions.](/cfr/45/303.52.md)
- [§303.69. Requests by agents or attorneys of the United States for information from the Federal Parent Locator Service (PLS).](/cfr/45/303.69.md)
- [§303.70. Procedures for submissions to the State Parent Locator Service (State PLS) or the Federal Parent Locator Service (Federal PLS).](/cfr/45/303.70.md)
- [§303.71. Reserved](/cfr/45/303.71.md)
- [§303.72. Requests for collection of past-due support by Federal tax refund offset.](/cfr/45/303.72.md)
- [§303.100. Procedures for income withholding.](/cfr/45/303.100.md)
- [§303.101. Expedited processes.](/cfr/45/303.101.md)
- [§303.102. Collection of overdue support by State income tax refund offset.](/cfr/45/303.102.md)
- [§303.104. Procedures for posting security, bond or guarantee to secure payment of overdue support.](/cfr/45/303.104.md)
- [§303.106. Procedures to prohibit retroactive modification of child support arrearages.](/cfr/45/303.106.md)
- [§303.107. Requirements for cooperative arrangements.](/cfr/45/303.107.md)
- [§303.108. Quarterly wage and unemployment compensation claims reporting to the National Directory of New Hires.](/cfr/45/303.108.md)
- [§303.109. Procedures for State monitoring, evaluation and reporting on programs funded by Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs.](/cfr/45/303.109.md)