Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/404.1740
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20 CFR 404.1740 - Rules of conduct and standards of responsibility for representatives. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 20 › Chapter III › Part 404 › Subpart R › Section 404.1740 20 CFR 404.1740 - Rules of conduct and standards of responsibility for representatives.
(a)Purpose and scope.
(b)Affirmative duties. A representative must, in conformity with the regulations setting forth our existing duties and responsibilities and those of claimants (see § 404.1512 in disability and blindness claims):
(2) Assist the claimant in complying, as soon as practicable, with our requests for information or evidence at any stage of the administrative decisionmaking process in his or her claim. In disability and blindness claims, this includes the obligation pursuant to § 404.1512(c) to assist the claimant in providing, upon our request, evidence about:
(vii) Any other factors showing how the claimant's impairment(s) affects his or her ability to work. In §§ 404.1560 through 404.1569a, we discuss in more detail the evidence we need when we consider vocational factors;
(4) Conduct business with us electronically at the times and in the manner we prescribe on matters for which the representative requests direct fee payment. (See § 404.1713).
(c)Prohibited actions. A representative must not:
(4) Through his or her own actions or omissions, unreasonably delay or cause to be delayed, without good cause (see § 404.911(b)), the processing of a claim at any stage of the administrative decisionmaking process;
[ 63 FR 41416, Aug. 4, 1998, as amended at 76 FR 56109, Sept. 12, 2011; 76 FR 80245, Dec. 23, 2011; 80 FR 14837, Mar. 20, 2015]
20 CFR 404.1745 — Violations of Our Requirements, Rules, or Standards.
20 CFR 404.1713 — Mandatory Use of Electronic Services.