---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1641.19"
title: "45"
number: "1641.19"
heading: "Notice of proposed removal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1641.19"
---

# §1641.19. Notice of proposed removal.

- (a) Before removing an IPA, the OIG shall send the IPA written notice of the proposed removal. The notice shall be sent in a manner that provides evidence of its receipt and shall:
  - (1) State that removal is being considered;
  - (2) Identify the reasons for the proposed removal sufficient to put the IPA on notice of the conduct or transaction(s) upon which a removal proceeding is based;
  - (3) Identify the regulatory provisions governing the removal proceeding; and
  - (4) State that removal shall be for the years remaining on the existing contract(s) between the IPA and the recipient(s).
- (b) A copy of the notice also shall be sent to the affected recipient(s), if any, which may comment on the proposed action in the time frame set out in [§ 1641.20](/cfr/45/1641.20.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.