42 CFR § 136.3 - Administrative instructions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s136.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 136.3 - Administrative instructions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136.3"
section_name: "Administrative instructions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "136"
part_name: "INDIAN HEALTH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a."
cfr_part: "136"
---
# 136.3 Administrative instructions.
The service periodically issues administrative instructions to its officers and employees, which are primarily found in the *Indian Health Service Manual* and the Area Office and program office supplements. These instructions are operating procedures to assist officers and employees in carrying out their responsibilities, and are not regulations establishing program requirements which are binding upon members of the general public.