Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part III - Agencies and Offices
Subpart L - State Health Facility Hearing Board
Chapter 197 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
APPEALS FROM DECISIONS PERTAINING TO CERTIFICATES OF NEED
Section 197.34 - Notice of appeal

(a) The appellant shall file a notice of appeal, in the form set forth in § 197.35 (relating to form of notice of appeal) within 30 days of the decision or the date of mailing of the decision which is being appealed, whichever is later. The filing of a petition for reconsideration with the Department does not toll the running of the 30-day period.

(b) The notice of appeal shall set forth in general terms the specification of objections. Specific arguments shall be reserved for the appeal brief. Except for issues which are based on facts and evidence not known to appellant in advance of the hearing, issues not raised and argued in the appeal brief shall be deemed to be waived.

(c) A copy of the notice of appeal shall be sent to the Department, to the health systems agency in the area in which the health care facility is located, to the applicant and to each person who has filed an objection to the application for the certificate of need in the proceedings before the health systems agency or the Department unless the objection was withdrawn prior to the filing of the notice of appeal. A certificate of service in the form set forth in § 197.6 (relating to form of certificate of service) shall be attached to the notice of appeal.

(d) Service of a copy of the notice of appeal on the persons to be served by subsection (c) will not be deemed a waiver of appellant's right to object to the person's right to become a party to the appeal.

(e) The failure to serve a copy of the notice of appeal upon all parties required to be served under subsection (c) will not stay the proceedings; however, upon the omission, the Board will issue an order directing the appellant to serve all parties, and the failure to do so within the time specified in the order may result in the dismissal of the appeal.

(f) This subsection supplements 1 Pa. Code §33.32 (relating to service by a participant) and supersedes 1 Pa. Code §33.35 (relating to proof of service).