Other enforcement actions, compliance, debarment

8.5.3 Other Enforcement Actions

Depending on the nature of the deficiency, NIH may use other means of promoting recipient compliance. Other options available to NIH include, but are not limited to conversion from an advance payment method to a reimbursement method or disallow (deny) all or part of the cost of the activity or action not in compliance. Other actions may include suspension or debarment of an organization or individual under Government-wide Debarment and Suspension rules provided at 45 CFR Part 76, and other available legal remedies, such as civil action. Suspension under 45 CFR Part 76, implementing E.O.s 12549 and 12689, "Debarment and Suspension," is a separate action from the "suspension" of an award as a post-award remedy, as described in Suspension, Termination, and Withholding of Support above. The subject of debarment and suspension as an eligibility criterion is addressed in Completing the Pre-Award Process-Determining Eligibility of Individuals and Public Policy Requirements and Objectives-Debarment and Suspension.