---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1641.14"
title: "45"
number: "1641.14"
heading: "Notice of proposed suspension."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1641.14"
---

# §1641.14. Notice of proposed suspension.

- (a) Before suspending an IPA, OIG shall send it written notice of cause to suspend. Such notice shall:
  - (1) Include a directive to show cause, signed by the debarring official, which shall inform the IPA that unless the IPA responds within 10 days as provided in [§ 1641.15](/cfr/45/1641.15.md), a suspension will be imposed;
  - (2) Identify the reasons for the proposed suspension sufficient to put the IPA on notice of the conduct or transaction(s) upon which a suspension proceeding is based;
  - (3) Identify the regulatory provisions governing the suspension proceeding; and
  - (4) State that, if imposed, the suspension shall be for a temporary period pending the completion of an investigation or other legal or debarment proceeding.
- (b) A copy of the notice also shall be sent to the affected recipient(s), if any, who may comment on the proposed action in the time frame set out in [§ 1641.15](/cfr/45/1641.15.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996e(g); Pub. L. 105-277.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 67507, Dec. 2, 1999, unless otherwise noted.