---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 488.209"
title: "42"
number: "488.209"
heading: "Hearing officer's findings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/488.209"
---

# §488.209. Hearing officer's findings.

- (a) Within 30 days of the close of the hearing, the hearing officer will present the findings and recommendations to the accreditation organization or State laboratory program that requested the reconsideration.
- (b) The written report of the hearing officer will include—
  - (1) Separate numbered findings of fact; and
  - (2) **The legal conclusions of the hearing officer.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 57 FR 34012, July 31, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 22859, June 17, 1988, unless otherwise noted.