2 CFR § 376.137 - Who in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?

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title: "2 CFR § 376.137 - Who in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?"
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "376.137"
section_name: "Who in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "376"
part_name: "NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 6101 (note); E.O. 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235); E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O. 11738 (3 CFR, 1973 Comp., p. 799)."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 9234, Mar. 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 376.137 Who in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?

The HHS Debarring/Suspension Official has the authority to grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction as provided at 2 CFR 180.135.