---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 681.40"
title: "45"
number: "681.40"
heading: "How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/681.40"
---

# §681.40. How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?

- (a) The authority head may affirm, reduce, reverse, compromise, remand, or settle any penalty or assessment imposed by the ALJ in the initial decision or reconsideration decision.
- (b) The authority head will promptly serve each party to the appeal and the ALJ with a copy of his or her decision. This decision must contain a statement describing the right of any person, against whom a penalty or assessment has been made, to seek judicial review.

## Notes

### Source

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