---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 81.54"
title: "45"
number: "81.54"
heading: "Request for hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/81.54"
---

# §81.54. Request for hearing.


Within 20 days after service of a notice of opportunity for hearing which does not fix a date for hearing the respondent, either in his answer or in a separate document, may request a hearing. Failure of the respondent to request a hearing shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing and to constitute his consent to the making of a decision on the basis of such information as is available.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 45 CFR 80.9(d).

### Source

Source: 32 FR 15156, Nov. 2, 1967, unless otherwise noted.