13 CFR § 128.309 - What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s128.309"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 128.309 - What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "128.309"
section_name: "What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "128"
part_name: "VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 632(q), 634(b)(6), 644, 645, 657f, 657f-1."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 73412, Nov. 29, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "128"
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# 128.309 What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?
(a) *Voluntary withdrawal.* A Participant may voluntarily withdraw from the Veteran Small Business Certification Program at any time. Once a concern notifies SBA that it seeks to voluntarily withdraw from the program, SBA will decertify the concern and remove its designation as a certified VOSB or SDVOSB in the certification database.
(b) *Decertification by SBA.* SBA may decertify a Participant and remove its designation as a VOSB or SDVOSB in the certification database in accordance with § 128.310.
(c) *Decertification pursuant to a protest.* Any certified VOSB or SDVOSB that is found to be ineligible through a VOSB or SDVOSB status protest decision will be immediately removed from the certification database.
(d) *Decertification due to suspension or debarment.* SBA may decertify a Participant immediately upon notice that the Participant or any of its owners has an active exclusion in SAM, pursuant to § 128.201.
[87 FR 73412, Nov. 29, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 102509, Dec. 17, 2024]