---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 128.309"
title: "13"
number: "128.309"
heading: "What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/128.309"
---

# §128.309. What are the ways a Participant may exit the Veteran Small Business Certification Program?

- (a) **Voluntary withdrawal.** A Participant may voluntarily withdraw from the Veteran Small Business Certification Program at any time. Once a concern notifies SBA that it seeks to voluntarily withdraw from the program, SBA will decertify the concern and remove its designation as a certified VOSB or SDVOSB in the certification database.
- (b) **Decertification by SBA.** SBA may decertify a Participant and remove its designation as a VOSB or SDVOSB in the certification database in accordance with [§ 128.310](/cfr/13/128.310.md).
- (c) **Decertification pursuant to a protest.** Any certified VOSB or SDVOSB that is found to be ineligible through a VOSB or SDVOSB status protest decision will be immediately removed from the certification database.
- (d) **Decertification due to suspension or debarment.** SBA may decertify a Participant immediately upon notice that the Participant or any of its owners has an active exclusion in SAM, pursuant to [§ 128.201](/cfr/13/128.201.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 73412, Nov. 29, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 102509, Dec. 17, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632(q), 634(b)(6), 644, 645, 657f, 657f-1.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 73412, Nov. 29, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 73412, Nov. 29, 2022, as amended at 89 FR 102509, Dec. 17, 2024]