42 CFR § 405.1024 - Objections to the issues.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s405.1024"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 405.1024 - Objections to the issues."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "405.1024"
section_name: "Objections to the issues."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "405"
part_name: "FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 263a, 405(a), 1302, 1320b-12, 1395x, 1395y(a), 1395ff, 1395hh, 1395kk, 1395rr, and 1395ww(k)."
cfr_part: "405"
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# 405.1024 Objections to the issues.
(a) If a party objects to the issues described in the notice of hearing, he or she must notify the ALJ in writing at the earliest possible opportunity before the time set for the hearing, and no later than 5 calendar days before the hearing.
(b) The party must state the reasons for his or her objections and send a copy of the objections to all other parties who were sent a copy of the notice of hearing, and CMS or a contractor that elected to be a party to the hearing.
(c) The ALJ makes a decision on the objections either in writing, at a prehearing conference, or at the hearing.
[70 FR 11472, Mar. 8, 2005, as amended at 74 FR 65335, Dec. 9, 2009; 82 FR 5115, Jan. 17, 2017]