---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1500"
title: "20"
number: "416.1500"
heading: "Introduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1500"
---

# §416.1500. Introduction.


You may appoint someone to represent you in any of your dealings with us. This subpart explains, among other things—

- (a) Who may be your representative and what his or her qualifications must be;
- (b) How you appoint a representative;
- (c) The payment of fees to a representative;
- (d) Our rules that representatives must follow; and
- (e) **What happens to a representative who breaks the rules.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405(a), 406, 902(a)(5), 1320a-6, and 1383(d).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 52106, Aug. 5, 1980, unless otherwise noted.