[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR652.23]

[Page 460-461]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 652--TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Certification
 
Sec. 652.23  Certification process for private-sector entities.

    (a) A private sector entity that applies for certification must 
identify, and provide supporting documentation, that an individual, or 
individuals, authorized to act on its behalf:
    (1) Has been certified as an individual in accordance with 
Sec. 652.22; or
    (2) Seeks certification as an individual as part of the private-
sector entity's certification and ensures that the requirements set 
forth in Sec. 652.21(a) are contained within the private-sector entity's 
application to support such certification.
    (b) NRCS will determine whether the individual(s) identified in the 
private-sector entity's application meets the certification standards 
set forth in Sec. 652.22 for the specific services the entity wishes to 
provide.
    (c) NRCS will review within 60 days the application submitted by an 
entity. If NRCS determines that all requirements for the private-sector 
entity and the identified individual(s) are met, NRCS will complete the 
actions described in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(3) of Sec. 652.22. 
The Certification Agreement entered into with the private-sector entity 
shall:

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    (1) Identify the certified individuals who are authorized to perform 
technical services on behalf of and under the auspices of the entity's 
certification;
    (2) Require that the entity have, at all times, an individual who is 
a certified technical service provider authorized to act on the entity's 
behalf;
    (3) Require that the entity promptly provide to NRCS for NRCS 
approval an amended Certification Agreement when the list of certified 
individuals performing technical services under its auspices changes;
    (4) Require that any work performed by non-certified individuals be 
warranted by a certified individual who is authorized to act on the 
entity's behalf; and
    (5) Require that the entity assume liability for the quality of work 
performed by any individual working under the auspices of its 
certification.
    (d) NRCS may, in accordance with the decertification process set 
forth in this part, decertify the private sector entity, the certified 
individual(s) acting under the auspices of its certification, or both 
the private sector entity and the certified individual(s) acting under 
the auspices of its certification.