N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 134.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 134.4 - Application assistance providers

(a) An application to be designated an application assistance provider shall be on forms provided by the program.

(b) A designation as an application assistance provider shall be valid for two years.

(c) An application assistance provider shall:

(1) agree to adhere to the policies, procedures and directions of the program;

(2) agree to adhere to the instructions and terms provided in the application assistance provider application;

(3) agree to not to discriminate against any client, or potential program participant, because of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or mental, physical or sensory disability.

(d) An application assistance provider is not a division or agent of the Department of State or the program. No employee or volunteer of an application assistance provider shall hold herself or himself out as, or claim to be an officer or employee of the Department of State or the program and will not make any claim, demand, or application to or for any right or privilege applicable to an officer or employee of the Department of State or the program.

(e) No agency shall hold itself out to be an application assistance provider if the agency is no longer a designated application assistance provider.

(f) An agency's designation as an application assistance provider will be terminated by the program if it is determined by the program that the agency has failed to abide by any requirement in this section or has failed to act in accordance with written policies and procedures of the program.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 134.4