[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR16.5]

[Page 73]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 16--PROCEDURES OF THE DEPARTMENTAL GRANT APPEALS BOARD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.5  How the Board operates.

    (a) The Board's professional staff consists of a Chair (who is also 
a Board member) and full- and part-time Board members, all appointed by 
the Secretary; and a staff of employees and consultants who are 
attorneys or persons from other relevant disciplines, such as 
accounting.
    (b) The Chair will assign a Board member to have lead responsibility 
for each case (the ``presiding Board member''). The presiding Board 
member will conduct the conference or hearing, if one is held. Each 
decision of the Board is issued by the presiding Board member and two 
other Board members.
    (c) The Board staff assists the presiding Board member, and may 
request information from the parties; conduct telephone conference calls 
to request information, to clarify issues, or to schedule events; and 
assist in developing decisions and other documents in a case.
    (d) The Chair will assure that no Board or staff member will 
participate in a case where his or her impartiality could reasonably be 
questioned.
    (e) The Board's powers and responsibilities are set forth in Sec. 
16.13.