[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR130.330]

[Page 470]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 130_SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  130.330  Operating requirements.

    (a) The Lead Center must be an independent entity within the 
recipient organization, having its own staff, including a full-time SBDC 
Director.
    (b) A Lead Center must provide administrative services and 
coordination for the SBDC network, including program development, 
program management, financial management, reports management, promotion 
and public relations, program assessment and evaluation, and internal 
quality control.
    (c) The Lead Center shall be open to the public throughout the year 
during the normal business hours of the recipient organization. 
Anticipated closures shall be included in the annual renewal 
application. Emergency closures shall be reported to the SBA Project 
Officer as soon as is feasible. Other SBDC service providers shall be 
open during the normal business hours of their sponsoring SBDC 
organizations.
    (d) The Lead Center and other SBDC service providers must have a 
conflict of interest policy applicable to their SBDC consultants, 
employees, instructors and volunteers.
    (e) The SBDC network shall comply with 13 CFR parts 112, 113 and 
117, which require that no person shall be excluded on the grounds of 
age, color, handicap, marital status, national origin, race, religion or 
sex from participation in, be denied that benefits of, or otherwise be 
subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity for which the 
recipient organization received Federal financial assistance from SBA.