---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1613.4"
title: "45"
number: "1613.4"
heading: "Authorized representation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1613.4"
---

# §1613.4. Authorized representation.


Legal assistance may be provided with respect to a criminal proceeding.

- (a) Pursuant to a court appointment made under a statute or a court rule of equal applicability to all attorneys in the jurisdiction, if authorized by the recipient after a determination that acceptance of the appointment would not impair the recipient's primary responsibility to provide legal assistance to eligible clients in civil matters.
- (b) When professional responsibility requires representation in a criminal proceeding arising out of a transaction with respect to which the client is being, or has been, represented by a recipient.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, as amended at 79 FR 21150, Apr. 15, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 234(d), Public Law 111-211, 124. Stat. 2282; 42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)(2); 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, as amended at 79 FR 21150, Apr. 15, 2014]