The following entities are eligible to operate an SBDC network:

1. (a) A public or private institution of higher education;
2. (b) A land-grant college or university;
3. (c) A college or school of business, engineering, commerce or agriculture;
4. (d) A community or junior college;
5. (e) A Women's Business Center operating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656);

6. (f) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands SBDC must have its principal office located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and must:

   1. (1) Be a CNMI government or agency;
   2. (2) Be a regional entity;
   3. (3) Be a CNMI-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;
   4. (4) Be an institution of higher education (including but not limited to any land-grant college or university, any college or school of business, engineering, commerce, or agriculture, community college or junior college);
   5. (5) Be a current SBA Women's Business Center (WBC); or
   6. (6) Be any entity formed by two or more of the entities in paragraphs (f)(1) through (5) of this section;
7. (g) Any entity which was operating as a recipient organization as of December 31, 1990; or
8. (h) Any entity operating continually as a recipient organization on or before December 31, 1990.

[60 FR 31056, June 13, 1995, as amended at 88 FR 76642, Nov. 7, 2023]