42 USC 300jj-16 - Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 05, 2024

§ 300jj–16.

Voluntary application and use of adopted standards and implementation specifications by private entities

(a)

In general

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)

Rule of construction

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, § 3006, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, § 13101, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 241.)

cite as: 42 USC 300jj-16