CFR > Title 45 - Public Welfare > SUBTITLE A—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER D—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (parts 170 to 171) > PART 170—HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS, IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATIONS, AND CERTIFICATION CRITERIA AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY > SUBPART C—Certification Criteria for Health Information Technology (§170.300 to §170.306) > 170.300—Applicability.

170.300—Applicability.

(a) The certification criteria adopted in this subpart apply to the testing and certification of Complete EHRs and EHR Modules.
(b) When a certification criterion refers to two or more standards as alternatives, use of at least one of the alternative standards will be considered compliant.
(c) Complete EHRs and EHR Modules are not required to be compliant with certification criteria that are designated as optional.