- (a) Failure on the part of an ombudsman, provider agency, or area agency on aging to identify and report a potential or known conflict of interest shall be sufficient grounds for the refusal to designate or the subsequent dedesignation of the program or the refusal to certify or the subsequent decertification of an ombudsman.
- (b) Existence of an unremedied conflict of interest shall be sufficient grounds for the dedesignation of the program, the provider, or the decertification of an ombudsman.