(a) 
         You as a participant may not enter into a covered transaction with an excluded person, unless the Department of Education grants an exception under  § 85.120.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         You may not enter into any transaction with a person who is disqualified from that transaction, unless you have obtained an exception under the disqualifying statute, Executive order, or regulation.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        (Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235); 
                20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474
            ; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327)