CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY > PART 1404—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) > SUBPART E—Excluded Parties List System (§1404.500 to §1404.530) > 1404.505—Who uses the EPLS?

1404.505—Who uses the EPLS?

(a) Federal agency officials use the EPLS to determine whether to enter into a transaction with a person, as required under § 1404.430.
(b) Participants also may, but are not required to, use the EPLS to determine if—
(1) Principals of their transactions are excluded or disqualified, as required under § 1404.320; or
(2) Persons with whom they are entering into covered transactions at the next lower tier are excluded or disqualified.
(c) The EPLS is available to the general public.