The following entities are eligible to operate an SBDC network:

(a) A public or private institution of higher education;

(b) A land-grant college or university;

(c) A college or school of business, engineering, commerce or agriculture;

(d) A community or junior college;

(e) A Women's Business Center operating pursuant to section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656);

(f) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands SBDC must have its principal office located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and must:

(1) Be a CNMI government or agency;

(2) Be a regional entity;

(3) Be a CNMI-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;

(4) Be an institution of higher education (including but not limited to any land-grant college or university, any college or school of business, engineering, commerce, or agriculture, community college or junior college);

(5) Be a current SBA Women's Business Center (WBC); or

(6) Be any entity formed by two or more of the entities in paragraphs (f)(1) through (5) of this section;

(g) Any entity which was operating as a recipient organization as of December 31, 1990; or

(h) Any entity operating continually as a recipient organization on or before December 31, 1990.