[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1321.55]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1321_GRANTS TO STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_Area Agency Responsibilities
 
Sec.  1321.55  Organization and staffing of the area agency.

    (a) An area agency may be either:
    (1) An agency whose single purpose is to administer programs for 
older persons; or
    (2) A separate organizational unit within a multi-purpose agency 
which functions only for purposes of serving as the area agency on 
aging. Where the State agency on aging designates, as an area agency on 
aging, a separate organizational unit of a multipurpose agency which has 
been serving as an area agency, the State agency action shall not be 
subject to section 305(b)(5)(B) of the Act.
    (b) The area agency, once designated, is responsible for providing 
for adequate and qualified staff to perform all of the functions 
prescribed in this part.
    (c) The designated area agency continues to function in that 
capacity until either:
    (1) The area agency informs the State agency that it no longer 
wishes to carry out the responsibilities of an area agency; or
    (2) The State agency withdraws the designation of the area agency as 
provided in Sec.  1321.35.