---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 498.68"
title: "42"
number: "498.68"
heading: "Dismissal of request for hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/498.68"
---

# §498.68. Dismissal of request for hearing.

- (a) The ALJ may, at any time before mailing the notice of the decision, dismiss a hearing request if a party withdraws its request for a hearing or the affected party asks that its request be dismissed.
- (b) An affected party may request a dismissal by filing a written notice with the ALJ.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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