United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2018_register executive 2018-06-30 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7e52172 D09002ee1c7e53272 United States Social Security Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We are revising our rules of conduct and standards of responsibility for representatives. We are also updating and clarifying the procedures we use when we bring charges against a representative for violating these rules and standards. These changes are necessary to better protect the integrity of our administrative process and to further clarify representatives' existing responsibilities in their conduct with us. The revisions should not be interpreted to suggest that any specific conduct was permissible under our rules prior to these changes; instead, we seek to ensure that our rules of conduct and standards of responsibility are clearer as a whole and directly address a broader range of inappropriate conduct. 83 FR 30849 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-02/2018-13989 2018-13989 fr02jy18-6 RIN 0960-AH63 4191-02-P Docket No. SSA-2013-0044 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-02/2018-13989 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-02/html/2018-13989.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-02/pdf/2018-13989.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) 12 p. 30849 30860 83 FR 30849 Title 20 Part 404 20 CFR Part 404 Title 20 Part 416 20 CFR Part 416 RIN 0960-AH63 Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed Representatives; Federal Register Vol. 83, Issue RULE 2018-13989 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 2018-08-01 Docket No. SSA-2013-0044 4191-02-P 2018-13989 Final rules.

We are revising our rules of conduct and standards of responsibility for representatives. We are also updating and clarifying the procedures we use when we bring charges against a representative for violating these rules and standards. These changes are necessary to better protect the integrity of our administrative process and to further clarify representatives' existing responsibilities in their conduct with us. The revisions should not be interpreted to suggest that any specific conduct was permissible under our rules prior to these changes; instead, we seek to ensure that our rules of conduct and standards of responsibility are clearer as a whole and directly address a broader range of inappropriate conduct.

These final rules will be effective August 1, 2018. Sarah Taheri, Office of Appellate Operations, Social Security Administration, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, (703) 605-7100. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed Representatives , http://www.socialsecurity.gov https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information.html https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/16/2016-05916/social-security-ruling-16-3p-titles-ii-and-xvi-evaluation-of-symptoms-in-disability-claims https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/24/2016-06598/social-security-ruling-16-3p-titles-ii-and-xvi-evaluation-of-symptoms-in-disability-claims https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/16/2016-19384/revisions-to-rules-of-conduct-and-standards-of-responsibility-for-appointed-representatives Vol. 83, no. 127 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2018-07-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 216 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-02 P0b002ee19b42bce8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02jy18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-07-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-02/pdf/FR-2018-07-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-07-02/xml/FR-2018-07-02.xml fdlp 30831 31036 DGPO 2018-06-30 2024-06-01 FR-2018-07-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2018-07-02 83 127