---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 27.305"
title: "6"
number: "27.305"
heading: "Neutral adjudications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/27.305"
---

# §27.305. Neutral adjudications.

- (a) Any facility or other person who has received a Finding pursuant to [§ 27.230(a)(12)(iv)](/cfr/6/27.230.md?p=a-12-iv), a Determination pursuant to [§ 27.245(b)](/cfr/6/27.245.md?p=b), or an Order pursuant to [§ 27.300](/cfr/6/27.300.md) is entitled to an adjudication, by a neutral adjudications officer, of any issue of material fact relevant to any administrative action that deprives that person of a cognizable interest in liberty or property.
- (b) A neutral adjudications officer appointed pursuant to [§ 27.315](/cfr/6/27.315.md) shall issue an Initial Decision on any material factual issue related to a Finding pursuant to [§ 27.230(a)(12)(iv)](/cfr/6/27.230.md?p=a-12-iv), a Determination pursuant to [§ 27.245](/cfr/6/27.245.md), or an Order pursuant to [§ 27.300](/cfr/6/27.300.md) before any such administrative action is reviewed on appeal pursuant to [§ 27.345](/cfr/6/27.345.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, as amended at 86 FR 41892, Aug. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 624; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; Pub. L. 113-254, 128 Stat. 2898, as amended by Pub. L. 116-150, 134 Stat. 679.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, as amended at 86 FR 41892, Aug. 4, 2021]