---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 828.7000"
title: "48"
number: "828.7000"
heading: "Scope of subpart."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/828.7000"
---

# §828.7000. Scope of subpart.

- (a) As used in this subpart, the term “contractor” includes subcontractors of any tier under a contract containing an indemnification provision under [38 U.S.C. 7317](/usc/38/7317.md).
- (b) This subpart sets forth the policies and procedures concerning indemnification of contractors performing contracts involving medical research or research and development that involve risks of an unusually hazardous nature, as authorized by [38 U.S.C. 7317](/usc/38/7317.md).
- (c) The authority to indemnify the contractor under this subpart does not create any rights to third parties that do not exist by law.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 7404, Feb. 21, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 38 8127-8128 and 8151-8153; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 41 U.S.C 1121; 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301-1.304.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 2717, Jan. 15, 2008, unless otherwise noted.