---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 488.211"
title: "42"
number: "488.211"
heading: "Final reconsideration determination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/488.211"
---

# §488.211. Final reconsideration determination.

- (a) The hearing officer's decision is final unless the Administrator, within 30 days of the hearing officer's decision, chooses to review that decision.
- (b) The Administrator may accept, reject or modify the hearing officer's findings.
- (c) Should the Administrator choose to review the hearing officer's decision, the Administrator will issue a final reconsideration determination to the accreditation organization or State laboratory program on the basis of the hearing officer's findings and recommendations and other relevant information.
- (d) **The reconsideration determination of the Administrator is final.**
- (e) A final reconsideration determination against an accreditation organization or State laboratory program will be published by CMS in the Federal Register.

## 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.