Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Feb 02, 2026
§ 402.304 - Approval of request for reinstatement.

(a) If the initiating agency grants a request for reinstatement, the initiating agency—

(1) Gives written notice to the excluded person specifying the date of reinstatement; and

(2) Notifies appropriate Federal and State agencies, and, to the extent possible, all others that were originally notified of the exclusion, that the person is reinstated into the Medicare program.

(b) A determination by the initiating agency to reinstate an excluded person has no effect if Medicare, Medicaid, or, where applicable, any other Federal health care program has imposed a longer period of exclusion under its own authorities.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh
source: 63 FR 68690, Dec. 14, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 402.304