[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 45CFR16.17]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 16--PROCEDURES OF THE DEPARTMENTAL GRANT APPEALS BOARD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.17  Ex parte communications (communications outside the record).

    (a) A party shall not communicate with a Board or staff member about 
matters involved in an appeal without notice to the other party. If such 
communication occurs, the Board will disclose it to the other party and 
make it part of the record after the other party has an opportunity to 
comment. Board members and staff shall not consider any information 
outside the record (see Sec. 16.21 for what the record consists of) 
about matters involved in an appeal.
    (b) The above does not apply to the following: Communications among 
Board members and staff; communications concerning the Board's 
administrative functions or procedures; requests from the Board to a 
party for a document (although the material submitted in response also 
must be given to the other party); and material which the Board includes 
in the record after notice and an opportunity to comment.