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 D—Temporary Certification Program for HIT (§170.400 to §170.499) > 170.445—Complete EHR testing and certification.

170.445—Complete EHR testing and certification.

(a) An ONC-ATCB must test and certify Complete EHRs to all applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary at subpart C of this part.
(b) An ONC-ATCB must provide the option for a Complete EHR to be tested and certified solely to the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary at subpart C of this part.
(c) Inherited certified status. An ONC-ATCB must accept requests for a newer version of a previously certified Complete EHR to inherit the previously certified Complete EHR's certified status without requiring the newer version to be retested and recertified.
(1) Before granting certified status to a newer version of a previously certified Complete EHR, an ONC-ATCB must review an attestation submitted by the developer of the Complete EHR to determine whether the newer version has adversely affected any previously certified capabilities.
(2) An ONC-ATCB may grant certified status to a newer version of a previously certified Complete EHR if it determines that previously certified capabilities have not been adversely affected.
(d) An ONC-ATCB that has been authorized to test and certify Complete EHRs is also authorized to test and certify all EHR Modules under the temporary certification program.