---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 431.222"
title: "42"
number: "431.222"
heading: "Group hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/431.222"
---

# §431.222. Group hearings.


The agency—

- (a) May respond to a series of individual requests for hearing by conducting a single group hearing;
- (b) May consolidate hearings only in cases in which the sole issue involved is one of Federal or State law or policy;
- (c) Must follow the policies of this subpart and its own policies governing hearings in all group hearings; and
- (d) **Must permit each person to present his own case or be represented by his authorized representative.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17932, Mar. 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45188, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.