---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.53"
title: "42"
number: "498.53"
heading: "Change in time and place of hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.53"
---

# §498.53. Change in time and place of hearing.

- (a) The ALJ may change the time and place for the hearing either on his or her own initiative or at the request of a party for good cause shown, or may adjourn or postpone the hearing.
- (b) The ALJ may reopen the hearing for receipt of new evidence at any time before mailing the notice of hearing decision.
- (c) The ALJ gives the parties reasonable notice of any change in time or place or any adjournment or reopening of the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.