---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 400.22"
title: "45"
number: "400.22"
heading: "Responsibility of the State agency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/400.22"
---

# §400.22. Responsibility of the State agency.

- (a) The State agency may not delegate, to other than its own officials, responsibility for administering or supervising the administration of the plan.
- (b) The State agency must have—
  - (1) Methods for informing staff of State policies, standards, procedures, and instructions; and
  - (2) **Systematic planned examination and evaluation of operations in local offices.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 51 FR 3914, Jan. 30, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.