Qualified Mediator [Farm Service Agency] Law and Legal Definition
According to 7 CFR 780.2 [Title 7—Agriculture; Subtitle B -- Regulations of the Department of Agriculture; Chapter VII -- Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture; Subchapter D -- Special Programs; Part 780 -- Appeal Regulations], qualified mediator means “a mediator who meets the training requirements established by State law in the State in which mediation services will be provided or, where a State has no law prescribing mediator qualifications, an individual who has attended a minimum of 40 hours of core mediator knowledge and skills training and, to remain in a qualified mediator status, completes a minimum of 20 hours of additional training or education during each 2-year period. Such training or education must be approved by USDA, by an accredited college or university, or by one of the following organizations: State Bar of a qualifying State, a State mediation association, a State approved mediation program, or a society of dispute resolution professionals.”
Legal Definition list
- Qualified Mediator [Farm Service Agency]
- Qualified Low-Income Community Investment [Tax]
- Qualified Loan
- Qualified Joint Venture [Internal Revenue]
- Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity [Internal Revenue]
- Qualified Medical Child Support Order QMCSO
- Qualified Medical Personnel
- Qualified Member [Federal Elections]
- Qualified Mental Health Professionals
- Qualified Military Counsel
- Qualified Mortgage Bond
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- Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual
- Acceptable Quality Level [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Acceptance [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Acceptance of Service Agreement
- Accredited Agency [Adoption]
- Accrediting Agency [Education]
- Action for the Loss of Services
- Active Military Service
- Active Military, Naval, or Air Service
