---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 668.12"
title: "34"
number: "668.12"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/668.12"
---

# §668.12. Scope.

- (a) This subpart establishes standards that an institution must meet in order to participate in any Title IV, HEA program.
- (b) Noncompliance with these standards by an institution already participating in any Title IV, HEA program or with applicable standards in this subpart by a third-party servicer that contracts with the institution may subject the institution or servicer, or both, to proceedings under subpart G of this part. These proceedings may lead to any of the following actions:
  - (1) **An emergency action.**
  - (2) **The imposition of a fine.**
  - (3) The limitation, suspension, or termination of the participation of the institution in a Title IV, HEA program.
  - (4) The limitation, suspension, or termination of the eligibility of the servicer to contract with any institution to administer any aspect of the institution's participation in a Title IV, HEA program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 22423, Apr. 29, 1994. Redesignated at 87 FR 65490, Oct. 28, 2022]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 45727, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 22423, Apr. 29, 1994. Redesignated at 87 FR 65490, Oct. 28, 2022]