[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: 45CFR76.410]

[Page 258-259]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
                          Subpart D--Suspension
 
Sec. 76.410  Procedures.

    (a) Investigation and referral. Information concerning the existence 
of a cause for suspension from any source

[[Page 259]]

shall be promptly reported, investigated, and referred, when 
appropriate, to the suspending official for consideration. After 
consideration, the suspending official may issue a notice of suspension.
    (b) Decisionmaking process. HHS shall process suspension actions as 
informally as practicable, consistent with principles of fundamental 
fairness, using the procedures in Sec. 76.411 through Sec. 76.413.