---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2551.53"
title: "45"
number: "2551.53"
heading: "Under what circumstances may a Senior Companion be removed from service?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2551.53"
---

# §2551.53. Under what circumstances may a Senior Companion be removed from service?

- (a) A sponsor may remove a Senior Companion from service for cause. Grounds for removal include, but are not limited to: Extensive and unauthorized absences; misconduct; failure to perform assignments or failure to accept supervision. A Senior Companion may also be removed from stipended service for having income in excess of the eligibility level. A Senior Companion shall be removed immediately if ineligible to serve based on criminal history check results.
- (b) The sponsor shall establish appropriate policies on removal from service, as well as procedures for appeal.

## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 64647, Dec. 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 12651b-12651d; E.O. 13331, 69 FR 9911.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 14115, Mar. 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 64647, Dec. 17, 2018]