42 CFR § 3.426 - Notification of the public and other agencies.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s3.426"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 3.426 - Notification of the public and other agencies."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "3.426"
section_name: "Notification of the public and other agencies."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS AND PATIENT SAFETY WORK PRODUCT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 216, 299b-21 through 299b-26; 42 U.S.C. 299c-6."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 70796, Nov. 21, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3"
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# 3.426 Notification of the public and other agencies.
Whenever a proposed penalty becomes final, the Secretary will notify, in such manner as the Secretary deems appropriate, the public and the following organizations and entities thereof and the reason it was imposed: The appropriate State or local medical or professional organization, the appropriate State agency or agencies administering or supervising the administration of State health care programs (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(h)), the appropriate utilization and quality control peer review organization, and the appropriate State or local licensing agency or organization (including the agency specified in 42 U.S.C. 1395aa(a), 1396a(a)(33)).