2010 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 10 - Long-Term Care Facilities And Services
Subchapter 19 - Dispute Resolution for Long-Term Care Facilities
§ 20-10-1905 - Request for an informal dispute resolution hearing.

20-10-1905. Request for an informal dispute resolution hearing.

(a) A facility that wishes to challenge a deficiency shall make a written request to the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the statement of deficiencies from the Office of Long-Term Care.

(b) The written request shall include:

(1) A list of all deficiencies that the facility wishes to challenge; and

(2) A statement indicating whether the facility wants the hearing to be conducted by telephone conference call, by record review of the impartial decision maker, or by a meeting in which the facility and the office appear before the impartial decision maker.