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kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 500.201"
title: "29"
number: "500.201"
heading: "Applicability of procedures and rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/500.201"
---

# §500.201. Applicability of procedures and rules.

- (a) The procedures and rules contained herein prescribe the administrative process necessary for a determination:
  - (1) To suspend or revoke, or to refuse to issue or renew, a Certificate of Registration authorized under the Act and these regulations; and
  - (2) **To impose an assessment of civil money penalties for violations of the Act or of these regulations.**
- (b) The procedures and rules contained herein also specify the administrative responsibility under section 102(5) of the Act with regard to a designation by a court of the Secretary as an agent of an applicant for a certificate of registration in any action against such applicant, if said applicant has left the jurisdiction in which the action is commenced or otherwise has become unavailable to accept service.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872); Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 Note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted.