---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2554.44"
title: "45"
number: "2554.44"
heading: "What happens if an initial decision is appealed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2554.44"
---

# §2554.44. What happens if an initial decision is appealed?

- (a) An initial decision is stayed automatically pending disposition of a motion for reconsideration or of an appeal to the authority head.
- (b) **No administrative stay is available following a final decision of the authority head.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-509, Secs. 6101-6104, 100 Stat. 1874 (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812); 42 U.S.C. 12651c-12651d.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 61912, Oct. 20, 2006, unless otherwise noted.