A household receiving SNAP benefits or reapplying for SNAP must cooperate with any quality control review of its current or previous SNAP eligibility.

(a) A household whose eligibility has been terminated for refusal to cooperate with a quality control review may reapply for SNAP benefits. The household must not be determined eligible until it cooperates in the quality control review, except as set forth in clause ( b ) of this subparagraph.

(b) A household cannot be denied SNAP benefits for its refusal to cooperate in a quality control review if:

(1) the household was terminated for refusing to cooperate with a quality control review during the completed quality control review period; and

(2) the household reapplied for SNAP benefits more than 125 days after the end of the annual review period, if it was terminated for refusal to cooperate with a State quality control review, or more than nine months after the end of the annual review period, if it was terminated for refusal to cooperate with a Federal quality control review; and

(3) the household provides verification of its eligibility for SNAP in accordance with section 387.8(b) of this Part.

(c) In the event that one or more household members no longer reside with a household terminated for refusal to cooperate, the penalty for refusal to cooperate will attach to the household of the person(s) refusing to cooperate.