Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 2 - Administrative Components
Subchapter 5 - Fair Hearings
Part 11 - CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSING
Section 340:2-5-115 - Appeals Unit action following receipt of a hearing request

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 340:2-5-115

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) Upon receipt of a hearing request, a hearing number is assigned.

(b) The Appeals Unit supervisor assigns the case to an administrative hearing officer (AHO). The AHO determines if the hearing request:

(1) was made timely; and

(2) involves an appealable issue. An issue is appealable only if the Oklahoma Department of Human Services notified the appealing party in writing that:
(A) an application for a child care facility license is denied;

(B) a child care facility license is revoked;

(C) an Emergency Order was issued; or

(D) an individual received notice of his or her name being recorded on the Child Care Restricted Registry.

(c) When a hearing request is both timely and relates to an appealable issue the:

(1) AHO sets a hearing date. In appeals of Emergency Orders, the hearing must be held within 10-calendar days of receipt of the appealing party's request for a hearing;

(2) Appeals Unit supervisor designates an AHO; and

(3) Appeals Unit mails the notice of hearing to the appealing party. Copies of this notification are sent to Child Care Services, appropriate supervisory staff, and the authorized representative, if any. The notice of hearing is mailed in cases involving:
(A) license denial or revocation, by certified mail not less than 14 calendar days prior to the hearing date, unless waived by the appealing party;

(B) appeals of Emergency Orders, notice is given as far in advance of the hearing date as possible; and

(C) recording on the Child Care Restricted Registry, by certified mail not less than 14 calendar days prior to the hearing date, unless waived by the registrant.

Added at 19 Ok Reg 2199, eff 6-27-02

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