---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1355.53"
title: "45"
number: "1355.53"
heading: "CCWIS design requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1355.53"
---

# §1355.53. CCWIS design requirements.

- (a) **Except as exempted in paragraph (b) of this section, automated functions contained in a CCWIS must—**
  - (1) Follow a modular design that includes the separation of business rules from core programming;
  - (2) Be documented using plain language;
  - (3) Adhere to a state, tribal, or industry defined standard that promotes efficient, economical, and effective development of automated functions and produces reliable systems; and
  - (4) Be capable of being shared, leveraged, and reused as a separate component within and among states and tribes.
- (b) CCWIS automated functions may be exempt from one or more of the requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section if:
  - (1) The CCWIS project meets the requirements of § [1355.56(b)](/cfr/45/1355.56.md?p=b) or [(f)(1)](/cfr/45/1355.56.md?p=f-1); or
  - (2) ACF approves, on a case-by-case basis, an alternative design proposed by a title IV-E agency that is determined by ACF to be more efficient, economical, and effective than what is found in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 35481, June 2, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 620 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Amendments

[81 FR 35481, June 2, 2016]