[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR890.1012]

[Page 488-489]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 890_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Subpart J_Administrative Sanctions Imposed Against Health Care Providers
 
Sec. 890.1012  Time limits for OPM to initiate permissive debarments.

    (a) Licensure cases. If the basis for the proposed debarment is a 
licensure action, OPM shall send the provider a notice of proposed 
debarment within 6 years of the effective date of the State licensing 
authority's revocation, suspension, restriction, or nonrenewal action, 
or the date on which the provider surrendered his license to the State 
authority.
    (b) Ownership or control. If the basis for the proposed debarment is 
ownership or control of an entity by a sanctioned person, or ownership 
or control of a sanctioned entity by a person who knew or should have 
known of the basis for the entity's sanction, OPM shall send a notice of 
proposed debarment within 6 years of the effective date of the sanction 
on which the proposed debarment is based.
    (c) False, deceptive, or wrongful claims practices. If the basis for 
the proposed debarment involves a claim filed with a FEHBP carrier, OPM 
shall send the

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provider a notice of proposed debarment within 6 years of the date he 
presented the claim for payment to the covered person's FEHBP carrier.
    (d) Failure to furnish requested information. If the basis for the 
proposed debarment involves a provider's failure to furnish information 
requested by OPM or an FEHBP carrier, OPM shall send the notice of 
proposed debarment within 6 years of the date on which the carrier or 
OPM requested the provider to furnish the information in question.