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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§17911 National Institute for Standards and Technology Testing

Title 42 › CHAPTER 156 — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › SUBCHAPTER II — TESTING OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY › § 17911

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The NIST Director must work with the HIT Standards Committee to run pilot tests of the health IT standards and the instructions for using them. These tests, done as needed, must make sure the standards can be put into practice and work well. NIST must also help set up a voluntary conformance testing system, including technical test beds. That effort may include a program to accredit independent, non‑Federal labs to do the testing.

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Title 42, §17911

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Pilot testing of standards and implementation specifications
In coordination with the HIT Standards Committee established under section 300jj–13 of this title, as added by section 13101, 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)Voluntary testing program
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300jj–13 of this title, referred to in text, which related to the establishment of the HIT Standards Committee, was repealed by Pub.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

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110