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 197.51 - Decision of the Hearing Board

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 197.51

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Upon the expiration of the time period for filing posthearing briefs and requests for findings of fact and conclusions of law, if any, the hearing board member who presided at the hearing shall prepare a proposed adjudication and order for consideration by the full Hearing Board. This subsection supersedes 1 Pa. Code §35.202 (relating to proceedings in which proposed reports are prepared).

(b) The Hearing Board may:

(1) Affirm the decision of the Department.

(2) Reverse the decision of the Department.

(3) Remand the matter to the Department for further action consistent with order of the Hearing Board.

(c) In the event of a tie vote by the Hearing Board members participating in the adjudication, the decision of the Department will be deemed to be affirmed.

The provisions of this §197.51 amended under section 805(b) of the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P. S. § 448.805(b)); and 2 Pa.C.S. § 102(a).

This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 197.15 (relating to recording of proceedings).

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