---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 157.200"
title: "45"
number: "157.200"
heading: "Eligibility of qualified employers to participate in a SHOP."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/157.200"
---

# §157.200. Eligibility of qualified employers to participate in a SHOP.

- (a) **General requirement.** Only a qualified employer may participate in the SHOP in accordance with [§ 155.710](/cfr/45/155.710.md) of this subchapter.
- (b) **Continuing participation for growing small employers.** A qualified employer may continue to participate in the SHOP if it ceases to be a small employer in accordance with [§ 155.710](/cfr/45/155.710.md) of this subchapter.
- (c) **Participation in multiple SHOPs.** A qualified employer may participate in multiple SHOPs in accordance with [§ 155.710](/cfr/45/155.710.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Title I of the Affordable Care Act, Sections 1311, 1312, 1321, 1411, 1412, Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 199.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 18474, Mar. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.