7 CFR § 652.40 - Effect of decertification.

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title: "7 CFR § 652.40 - Effect of decertification."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "652.40"
section_name: "Effect of decertification."
chapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "SUPPORT ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "652"
part_name: "TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 3842."
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# 652.40 Effect of decertification.

(a) The Department will not make payment under a program contract for the technical services of a decertified technical service provider that were provided during the period of decertification. Likewise, NRCS will not procure, or otherwise enter into an agreement for, the services of a decertified technical service provider during the period of decertification.

(b) National decertification list. NRCS shall maintain a current list of decertified technical service providers. NRCS shall remove decertified providers from the list of certified providers. Participants may not hire a decertified technical service provider. It is the participant's responsibility to check the decertified list before hiring a technical service provider. Decertification of a technical service provider in one State decertifies the technical service provider from providing technical services under current programs in all States, the Caribbean Area, and the Pacific Basin Area.