Part 4653.0500 - INDIVIDUAL VARIANCESA. The commissioner must grant a variance to a data submitter with respect to submission of a specific data element or submission specification if the data submitter demonstrates good cause. To request a variance, a data submitter must submit a petition, according to Minnesota Statutes, section 14.056, and demonstrate that it meets the criteria in subitems (1) to (3): (1) failure to grant the variance would result in hardship or injustice to the data submitter;(2) the variance would be consistent with the public interest; and(3) the variance would not prejudice the substantial legal or economic rights of any person or entity.B. The commissioner must grant a variance to a data submitter with respect to a threshold for one year if the data submitter demonstrates good cause. To request a variance, the data submitter must submit a petition stating the reason it is unable to meet the standard threshold, the proposed threshold, and the basis for the proposed threshold.Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4653, pt. 4653.0500
Statutory Authority: MS s 62U.04; 62U.06