---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2509.16"
title: "45"
number: "2509.16"
heading: "How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2509.16"
---

# §2509.16. How will CNCS make guidance documents available to the public?


CNCS shall:

- (a) Ensure all effective guidance documents, identified by a unique identifier which includes, at a minimum, the document's title and date of issuance or revision and its RIN, if applicable, are on its website in a single, searchable, indexed database, and available to the public in accordance with [§ 2905.16](/cfr/45/2905.16.md);
- (b) Note on its website that guidance documents lack the force and effect of law, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract; and
- (c) Publish on its website where the public can comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice-and-comment procedures described in [§ 2509.22](/cfr/45/2509.22.md) and to submit requests electronically for issuance, reconsideration, modification, or rescission of guidance documents.
- (d) Guidance documents that do not appear on the Agency's single, searchable, indexed database are rescinded.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12651c(c); E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 44475, July 23, 2020, unless otherwise noted.