WAC 388-526-0218 When do review judges conduct the hearing and enter final orders? (Emergency rule effective 6/10/12.)

1. Review judges conduct the hearing and enter the final order in cases where a contractor for the delivery of nursing facility services requests an administrative hearing under WAC 388-96-904(5). Any party dissatisfied with a decision or an order of dismissal of a review judge may request reconsideration from the review judge as provided by this chapter and WAC 388-96-904(12).

2. The review judge enters final agency decisions on all cases in the form of a final order.

3. Following a review judge’s decision, you, but not the health care authority or any of its authorized agents, may file a petition for judicial review as provided by this chapter.

4. A review judge has the same authority as an administrative law judge, as described in WAC 388-526-0215, when conducting a hearing.