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§300jj–16 Voluntary Application and Use of Adopted Standards and Implementation Specifications by Private Entities
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXVIII — HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY › Part A — Promotion of Health Information Technology › § 300jj–16
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Title 42, §300jj–16
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(a)Except as provided under section 13112 of the HITECH Act [42 U.S.C. 17902], nothing in such Act or in the amendments made by such Act shall be construed—
(1)to require a private entity to adopt or comply with a standard or implementation specification adopted under section 300jj–14 of this title; or
(2)to provide a Federal agency authority, other than the authority such agency may have under other provisions of law, to require a private entity to comply with such a standard or implementation specification.
(b)Nothing in this part shall be construed to require that a private entity that enters into a contract with the Federal Government apply or use the standards and implementation specifications adopted under section 300jj–14 of this title with respect to activities not related to the contract.
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The HITECH Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title XIII of div. A and title IV of div. B of Pub. L. 111–5, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 226, 467, also known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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of 2009 Amendment note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 300jj–16
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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