13 CFR §130.200
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The following entities are eligible to operate an SBDC network:
- (a)A public or private institution of higher education;
- (b)A land-grant college or university;
- (c)A college or school of business, engineering, commerce or agriculture;
- (d)A community or junior college;
- (e)A Women's Business Center operating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656);
- (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)Be a CNMI government or agency;
- (2)Be a regional entity;
- (3)Be a CNMI-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;
- (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)Be a current SBA Women's Business Center (WBC); or
- (6)Be any entity formed by two or more of the entities in paragraphs (f)(1) through (5) of this section;
- (g)Any entity which was operating as a recipient organization as of December 31, 1990; or
- (h)Any entity operating continually as a recipient organization on or before December 31, 1990.