CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 890—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM > SUBPART J—Administrative Sanctions Imposed Against Health Care Providers (§890.1001 to §890.1072) > 890.1005—Time limits for OPM to initiate mandatory debarments.

890.1005—Time limits for OPM to initiate mandatory debarments.

OPM shall send a provider a written notice of a proposed mandatory debarment within 6 years of the event that forms the basis for the debarment. If the basis for the proposed debarment is a conviction, the notice shall be sent within 6 years of the date of the conviction. If the basis is another agency's suspension, debarment, or exclusion, the OPM notice shall be sent within 6 years of the effective date of the other agency's action.