Ch. 14, § 8. Conflict of Interest

(a) Applicability. This section applies to any person involved in: (i) The review of completed applications; (ii) Making recommendations to the Department and/or Advisory Council regarding an entity that may receive a pilot project grant and the amount of said grant. (b) Responsibilities of persons with potential conflict of interest. A person who believes that he or she may have a conflict of interest shall disclose such conflict of interest as soon as he or she becomes aware of the conflict of interest. If the person is a staff member of the Department and there appears to be a conflict of interest, the person shall disclose the conflict of interest in writing to the Department. If, at that time, the Department agrees that there is a conflict of interest, the person shall excuse himself or herself from any of the activities related to determination of funding allocation from the Department to the entity.