(a) 
         Subject to Federal statutes and regulations, a grantee shall use its general policies and practices when it hires, uses, and pays a consultant as part of the project staff.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         The grantee may not use its grant to pay a consultant unless:
     
    
        
        (1) 
         There is a need in the project for the services of that consultant; and
     
    
        
        (2) 
         The grantee cannot meet that need by using an employee rather than a consultant.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        (Authority: 
                20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474
            )