45 C.F.R. PART 1635—TIMEKEEPING REQUIREMENT
Title 45 - Public Welfare
Authority: 42 U.S.C. §§2996e(b)(1)(A), 2996g(a), 2996g(b), 2996g(e).
Source: 65 FR 41882, July 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
This part is intended to improve accountability for the use of all funds of a recipient by: (a) Assuring that allocations of expenditures of LSC funds pursuant to 45 CFR part 1630 are supported by accurate and contemporaneous records of the cases, matters, and supporting activities for which the funds have been expended; (b) Enhancing the ability of the recipient to determine the cost of specific functions; and (c) Increasing the information available to LSC for assuring recipient compliance with Federal law and LSC rules and regulations. As used in this part— (a) A case is a form of program service in which an attorney or paralegal of a recipient provides legal services to one or more specific clients, including, without limitation, providing representation in litigation, administrative proceedings, and negotiations, and such actions as advice, providing brief services and transactional assistance, and assistance with individual PAI cases. (b) A matter is an action which contributes to the overall delivery of program services but does not involve direct legal advice to or legal representation of one or more specific clients. Examples of matters include both direct services, such as but not limited to, community education presentations, operating pro se clinics, providing information about the availability of legal assistance, and developing written materials explaining legal rights and responsibilities; and indirect services, such as training, continuing legal education, general supervision of program services, preparing and disseminating desk manuals, PAI recruitment, referral, intake when no case is undertaken, and tracking substantive law developments. (c) Restricted activities means those activities that recipients may not undertake as set out in 45 CFR part 1610. (d) A supporting activity is any action that is not a case or matter, including management in general, and fund-raising. (a) All expenditures of funds for recipient actions are, by definition, for cases, matters, or supporting activities. The allocation of all expenditures must be carried out in accordance with 45 CFR part 1630. (b) Time spent by attorneys and paralegals must be documented by time records which record the amount of time spent on each case, matter, or supporting activity. (1) Time records must be created contemporaneously and account for time by date and in increments not greater than one-quarter of an hour which comprise all of the efforts of the attorneys and paralegals for which compensation is paid by the recipient. (2) Each record of time spent must contain: for a case, a unique client name or case number; for matters or supporting activities, an identification of the category of action on which the time was spent. (c) The timekeeping system must be able to aggregate time record information on both closed and pending cases by legal problem type. (d) Recipients shall require any attorney or paralegal who works part-time for the recipient and part-time for an organization that engages in restricted activities to certify in writing that the attorney or paralegal has not engaged in restricted activity during any time for which the attorney or paralegal was compensated by the recipient or has not used recipient resources for restricted activities. The certification requirement does not apply to a de minimis action related to a restricted activity. Actions consistent with the de minimis standard are those that meet all or most of the following criteria: actions that are of little substance; require little time; are not initiated by the part-time employee; and, for the most part, are unavoidable. Certifications shall be made on a quarterly basis and shall be made on a form determined by LSC. Time records required by this section shall be available for examination by auditors and representatives of LSC, and by any other person or entity statutorily entitled to access to such records. LSC shall not disclose any time record except to a Federal, State or local law enforcement official or to an official of an appropriate bar association for the purpose of enabling such bar association official to conduct an investigation of an alleged violation of the rules of professional conduct.
Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 1635—TIMEKEEPING REQUIREMENT
Section Contents
§ 1635.1 Purpose.
§ 1635.2 Definitions.
§ 1635.3 Timekeeping requirement.
§ 1635.4 Administrative provisions.
§ 1635.1 Purpose.
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§ 1635.2 Definitions.
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§ 1635.3 Timekeeping requirement.
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§ 1635.4 Administrative provisions.
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