[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: 45CFR73.735-501]

[Page 167]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 73--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Gifts, Entertainment, and Favors
 
Sec. 73.735-501  Prohibited acceptance of gifts, entertainment, and favors.


    (a) Except as provided in Sec.Sec. 73.735-502 and 73.735-506, an 
employee shall not directly or indirectly solicit or accept anything of 
monetary value, including gifts, gratuities, favors, entertainment or 
loans from a person who the employee knows, or should know because of 
the nature of the employee's work:
    (1) Has, or is seeking to obtain, contractual or other business or 
financial relations with the employee's principal operating component, 
or sub-unit thereof; or with a component of the Department with respect 
to which the employee has official duties;
    (2) Conducts operations or activities that are regulated by the 
employee's principal operating component, or sub-unit thereof or by a 
component of the Department with respect to which the employee has 
official duties; or
    (3) Has interests that may be substantially affected by the 
performance or non-performance of the employee's official duties.
    (b) Employees may not designate a person or an organization, 
including charitable or non-profit organizations, to accept any gift 
which an employee is prohibited from accepting directly.