---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 652.40"
title: "7"
number: "652.40"
heading: "Effect of decertification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/652.40"
---

# §652.40. Effect of decertification.

- (a) The Department will not make payment under a program contract for the technical services of a decertified technical service provider that were provided during the period of decertification. Likewise, NRCS will not procure, or otherwise enter into an agreement for, the services of a decertified technical service provider during the period of decertification.
- (b) **National decertification list.** NRCS shall maintain a current list of decertified technical service providers. NRCS shall remove decertified providers from the list of certified providers. Participants may not hire a decertified technical service provider. It is the participant's responsibility to check the decertified list before hiring a technical service provider. Decertification of a technical service provider in one State decertifies the technical service provider from providing technical services under current programs in all States, the Caribbean Area, and the Pacific Basin Area.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3842.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 69472, Nov. 29, 2004, unless otherwise noted.