---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 48.515"
title: "38"
number: "48.515"
heading: "Are there any exceptions to those actions?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/48.515"
---

# §48.515. Are there any exceptions to those actions?


The Secretary may waive with respect to a particular award, in writing, a suspension of payments under an award, suspension or termination of an award, or suspension or debarment of a recipient if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be in the public interest. This exception authority cannot be delegated to any other official.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 701, et seq.; 38 U.S.C 501

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66557, 66619, 66620, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.