Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§17911 National Institute for Standards and Technology testing
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 156— - HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - TESTING OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › § 17911
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The Director of NIST must test health IT standards and implementation rules created with the HIT Standards Committee to make sure they can be put into practice and used efficiently. NIST must also help build a system to check conformance, including technical test beds, and may set up a program to accredit independent, non‑Federal labs to run those tests.
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Title 42, §17911
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(a)In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under section 300jj–13 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, as added by section 13101,1 with respect to the development of standards and implementation specifications under such section, the Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology shall test such standards and implementation specifications, as appropriate, in order to assure the efficient implementation and use of such standards and implementation specifications.
(b)In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under section 300jj–13 1 of this title, as added by section 13101,1 with respect to the development of standards and implementation specifications under such section, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall support the establishment of a conformance testing infrastructure, including the development of technical test beds. The development of this conformance testing infrastructure may include a program to accredit independent, non-Federal laboratories to perform testing.
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section 300jj–13 of this title, referred to in text, which related to the establishment of the HIT Standards Committee, was repealed by Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title IV, § 4003(e)(1), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1168. section 13101, referred to in text, means section 13101 of div. A of Pub. L. 111–5.
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42 U.S.C. § 17911
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73