Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 274 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPEAL PANEL
Chapter 274-1 - ADMINISTRATION
Rule 274-1-.07 - Time of Initial Administrative Appeal Hearing
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) The hearing shall be scheduled not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the filing of the request for a hearing, unless the Applicant consents, or in the case of competing Applicants, all applicants consent to an extension of this time period to a specified date. Unless the Applicant consents, or in the case of competing Applicants, all Applicants consent to an extension of said one hundred and twenty (120) day period, any hearing officer who regularly fails to commence a hearing within the required time period shall not be eligible for continued service as a hearing officer for the purposes of these Rules.
(2) The hearing officer shall be entitled to consider all pre-hearing motions and arguments and may dispose of the case before conducting a hearing. The hearing officer shall have the authority to and shall make such rulings as may be required for the conduct of the hearing.
O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-5A, 31-6, 31-6-44.