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North Carolina Division of Aging Legal Services - Policies and Procedures Effective Date - July 1, 1992 LEGAL SERVICES S. Demonstrate the capacity to provide support to other advocacy efforts, for example, the long -term ombudsman program; and 6. If engaging in other legal activities, provides assurance that there is no'conflict of interest nor other interference with their professional responsibilities. C. Prohibited Activities It is the responsibility of the provider to: 1. Ensure that no employee and no staff attorney of the provider at any time: a. Uses official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the results of an election or nomination for office, whether partisan or nonpartisan; b. Directly or indirectly coerces, attempts to coerce, command or advise an employee of any provider to pay, lend, or- contribute anything of value to a political party, committee, organization, agency or person for political purposes. 2. Ensure thla-t-regal services are not provided in fee - generating cases, as defined in 45 CFR 1321.71(g)(1), unless adequate representation is unavailable or there is an emergency requiring immediate legal action. All providers shall establish procedures for the referral of fee generating cases. 3. Ensure that no employee and no staff attorney of the provider shall directly or indirectly engage in activities intended to influence the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States or by any State or local legislative body or State proposals by initiative petition except where: a. Representation by a provider for a client is necessary with respect to such client's rights and responsibilities (except that no employee shall solicit a client in violation of professional responsibilities for the purpose of making such representation possible); or