---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 8.25"
title: "42"
number: "8.25"
heading: "Informal review and the reviewing official's response."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/8.25"
---

# §8.25. Informal review and the reviewing official's response.

- (a) **Request for review.** Within 30 days of the date of the notice of the suspension or proposed revocation, the appellant must submit a written request to the reviewing official seeking review, unless some other time period is agreed to by the parties. A copy must also be sent to the respondent. The request for review must include a copy of the notice of suspension, proposed revocation, or adverse action, a brief statement of why the decision to suspend, propose revocation, or take an adverse action is incorrect, and the appellant's request for an oral presentation, if desired.
- (b) **Acknowledgment.** Within 5 days after receiving the request for review, the reviewing official will send an acknowledgment and advise the appellant of the next steps. The reviewing official will also send a copy of the acknowledgment to the respondent.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 823; 42 U.S.C. 257a, 290aa(d), 290dd-2, 300x-23, 300x-27(a), 300y-11.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 7549, Feb. 2, 2024, unless otherwise noted.