42 CFR § 8.25 - Informal review and the reviewing official's response.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s8.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 8.25 - Informal review and the reviewing official's response."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "8.25"
section_name: "Informal review and the reviewing official's response."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "8"
part_name: "MEDICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 823; 42 U.S.C. 257a, 290aa(d), 290dd-2, 300x-23, 300x-27(a), 300y-11."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 7549, Feb. 2, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "8"
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# 8.25 Informal review and the reviewing official's response.
(a) *Request for review.* Within 30 days of the date of the notice of the suspension or proposed revocation, the appellant must submit a written request to the reviewing official seeking review, unless some other time period is agreed to by the parties. A copy must also be sent to the respondent. The request for review must include a copy of the notice of suspension, proposed revocation, or adverse action, a brief statement of why the decision to suspend, propose revocation, or take an adverse action is incorrect, and the appellant's request for an oral presentation, if desired.
(b) *Acknowledgment.* Within 5 days after receiving the request for review, the reviewing official will send an acknowledgment and advise the appellant of the next steps. The reviewing official will also send a copy of the acknowledgment to the respondent.