Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 49 - Hearings
7 AAC 49.150 - Hearing and final decision authority

(a) For hearings under this chapter, the hearing authority is with the administrative law judge

(b) The administrative law judge shall hear and take all evidence in the matter. The decision-making process is subject to the procedure set out in 2 AAC 64.340.

(c) The commissioner or a person to whom the commissioner has delegated hearing authority will issue the final decision in the matter. The final decision is the final agency action. Once the commissioner or the commissioner's delegee has issued a final decision, the department will notify the recipient of the right to seek judicial review of the final decision under Alaska Appellate Rule 602.