[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR73.735-501]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           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.