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61/20. Certification cancellation.
(a) If the program participant obtains a name change, he or she loses certification as a program participant.
(b) The Attorney General may cancel a program participant’s certification if there is a change in the residential address from the one listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the Attorney General within 7 days notice before the change of address.
(c) The Attorney General may cancel certification of a program participant if mail forwarded by the Attorney General to the program participant’s address is returned as nondeliverable.
(d) The Attorney General shall cancel certification of a program participant who applies using false information.
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