---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.516"
title: "34"
number: "75.516"
heading: "Compensation of consultants—employees of institutions of higher education."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.516"
---

# §75.516. Compensation of consultants—employees of institutions of higher education.


If an institution of higher education receives a grant for research or for educational services, it may pay a consultant's fee to one of its employees only in unusual circumstances and only if:

- (a) The work performed by the consultant is in addition to his or her regular departmental load; and
- (b)
  - (1) The consultation is across departmental lines; or
  - (2) **The consultation involves a separate or remote operation.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474, unless otherwise noted. Section 75.263 also issued under 2 CFR 200.308(e)(1). Section 75.617 also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3504, 3505. Section 75.740 also issued under 20 U.S.C. 1232g and 1232h.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 77368, Nov. 21, 1980.