---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.54"
title: "42"
number: "498.54"
heading: "Joint hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.54"
---

# §498.54. Joint hearings.


When two or more affected parties have requested hearings and the same or substantially similar matters are at issue, the ALJ may, if all parties agree, fix a single time and place for the prehearing conference or hearing and conduct all proceedings jointly. If joint hearings are held, a single record of the proceedings is made and a separate decision issued with respect to each affected party.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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