42 CFR § 498.53 - Change in time and place of hearing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s498.53"
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title: "42 CFR § 498.53 - Change in time and place of hearing."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "498.53"
section_name: "Change in time and place of hearing."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "498"
part_name: "APPEALS PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATIONS THAT AFFECT PARTICIPATION IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AND FOR DETERMINATIONS THAT AFFECT THE PARTICIPATION OF ICFs/IID AND CERTAIN NFs IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1320a-7j, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 22446, June 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "498"
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# 498.53 Change in time and place of hearing.

(a) The ALJ may change the time and place for the hearing either on his or her own initiative or at the request of a party for good cause shown, or may adjourn or postpone the hearing.

(b) The ALJ may reopen the hearing for receipt of new evidence at any time before mailing the notice of hearing decision.

(c) The ALJ gives the parties reasonable notice of any change in time or place or any adjournment or reopening of the hearing.