diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb3eebcd..14383cce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * [UIQM-522](https://issues.folio.org/browse/UIQM-522) Create/Derive a new MARC bib record & Create a MARC holdings | Default state of Save & close button should be disabled.
 * [UIQM-534](https://issues.folio.org/browse/UIQM-534) Remove fields that have no MARC tag and no subfield value.  
 * [UIQM-381](https://issues.folio.org/browse/UIQM-381) Create Orig Authority Record: Populate new record with default Leader values.
+* [UIQM-526](https://issues.folio.org/browse/UIQM-526) Refactor validation functionality.
 
 ## [7.0.5](https://github.com/folio-org/ui-quick-marc/tree/v7.0.5) (2023-12-11)
 
diff --git a/src/QuickMarcEditor/utils.js b/src/QuickMarcEditor/utils.js
index 0f080e91..1cf18c2c 100644
--- a/src/QuickMarcEditor/utils.js
+++ b/src/QuickMarcEditor/utils.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import {
   CREATE_AUTHORITY_RECORD_DEFAULT_FIELD_TAGS,
   UNCONTROLLED_ALPHA,
   UNCONTROLLED_NUMBER,
-  TAG_LENGTH,
   AUTHORITY_FIXED_FIELD_DEFAULT_TYPE,
 } from './constants';
 import { RECORD_STATUS_NEW } from './QuickMarcRecordInfo/constants';
diff --git a/src/hooks/useValidation/useValidation.js b/src/hooks/useValidation/useValidation.js
index 356c3b45..04817516 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useValidation/useValidation.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useValidation/useValidation.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { validators } from './rules';
 
 const useValidation = (context) => {
-  const validate = useCallback((marcRecords) => {
+  const validate = (marcRecords) => {
     const validationRules = validators[context.marcType][context.action];
 
     const errorMessage = validationRules.reduce((_errorMessage, rule) => {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const useValidation = (context) => {
     }, null);
 
     return errorMessage;
-  }, [context]);
+  };
 
   return { validate };
 };
diff --git a/src/hooks/useValidation/validators.js b/src/hooks/useValidation/validators.js
index f4e6e7f3..767bad18 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useValidation/validators.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useValidation/validators.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const validateEmptySubfields = ({ marcRecords }, rule) => {
 export const validateSubfieldValueExists = (context, rule) => {
   const { marcRecords } = context;
 
-  if (rule.ignore && rule.ignore(context)) {
+  if (rule.ignore?.()) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const validateSubfieldValueExists = (context, rule) => {
 export const validateExistence = (context, rule) => {
   const { marcRecords } = context;
 
-  if (rule.ignore && rule.ignore(context)) {
+  if (rule.ignore?.()) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export const validate$9InLinkable = ({ marcRecords, linkableBibFields }, rule) =
 export const validateTagChanged = (context, rule) => {
   const { marcRecords, initialValues } = context;
 
-  if (rule.ignore && rule.ignore(context)) {
+  if (rule.ignore?.()) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export const validateTagChanged = (context, rule) => {
   return undefined;
 };
 export const validateSubfieldChanged = (context, rule) => {
-  if (rule.ignore && rule.ignore(context)) {
+  if (rule.ignore?.()) {
     return undefined;
   }