25 IAC 5-3-3 Certification standards regarding qualifying membership determination

Sec. 3. (a) In determining whether an individual asserting that he or she is a member of a minority group (for MBE certification) or a woman (for WBE certification), the department shall consider all the facts in the record, viewed as a whole. (b) The department will rebuttably presume that a citizen of the United States who is a women or a member of a minority group is a qualifying member. (c) Being born in a country does not, by itself, suffice to make an individual a member of a minority group. (d) In a [sic.] making its determination regarding qualifying membership, the department may consider whether the person has historically held himself or herself out to be a qualifying member and whether the person is regarded as a qualifying member by the relevant community. (e) The department may request such additional documentation as it may reasonably need to support an individual's claim that he or she is a member of a minority group or a woman.