42 CFR § 405.1867 - Scope of Board's legal authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s405.1867"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 405.1867 - Scope of Board's legal authority."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "405.1867"
section_name: "Scope of Board's legal authority."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 405.1867 Scope of Board's legal authority.
In exercising its authority to conduct proceedings under this subpart, the Board must comply with all the provisions of Title XVIII of the Act and regulations issued thereunder, as well as CMS Rulings issued under the authority of the Administrator as described in § 401.108 of this subchapter. The Board shall afford great weight to interpretive rules, general statements of policy, and rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice established by CMS.
[48 FR 22925, May 23, 1983, as amended at 73 FR 30260, May 23, 2008; 73 FR 49356, Aug. 21, 2008]