---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 681.38"
title: "45"
number: "681.38"
heading: "What happens if an initial decision is appealed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/681.38"
---

# §681.38. 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

### Source

Source: 74 FR 26794, June 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.