Any adverse SHPDA decision (other than a SHPDA decision after first being heard as a contested case before an Administrative Law Judge pursuant to the requirements of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act) may be appealed to a fair hearing before an Administrative Law Judge appointed by the Governor of the State of Alabama. The appeal shall be commenced by a request for a fair hearing by the applicant or any competing applicant, or any aggrieved party of record, which request shall be properly filed with the Agency within fifteen (15) days of the date that the decision of SHPDA became final, or in the event of a request for reconsideration, within fifteen (15) days of the date that the decision of SHPDA on reconsideration became final. The request must be filed electronically pursuant to the provisions of Rule 410-1-3-.09. Fair Hearing review is not available in cases which were first heard as a contested case before an Administrative Law Judge pursuant to the requirements of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 410-1-8-.16
Author: Alva M. Lambert
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-21-275(14), as amended by Act 98-341.