Section 29-221. REQUEST FOR INFORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW MEETING/NOTICE TIMELINESS

 

221.1A request for an informal administrative review meeting must be submitted in writing, within ten (10) business days, of the licensing agency action with which the blind vendor is dissatisfied.  The time limits in this section may be extended by the Chief of the Office of Quality Assurance and Federal Compliance (“OQAFC”) when good cause is shown by one party or at the request of both parties. This request must be addressed to:

 

Office of Quality Assurance and Federal Compliance

Attention:  Chief

Department on Disability Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration

1125 15th Street, NW, 9th Floor

Washington, D.C.  20005

[phone] (Voice or Relay)

 

221.2Within five (5) business days after the request is received, the Chief of OQAFC will do the following:

 

(a) Forward the request to the Chief of the Division of Services for the Blind (DSB); and

 

(b) Send a written notification to the vendor stating the date, time and location of the informal administrative review meeting.  Notification shall be in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant format, including:

 

(1) In the medium of the applicant or consumer’s choice, including large print, Braille, tape, disk; and

 

(2) Provided via e-mail and/or U.S. Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation requested.

 

221.3[REPEALED].

authority

Section 109 of the Department on Disability Services Establishment Act of 2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-264; D.C. Official Code § 7-761.09 (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 2007-68, dated March 20, 2007.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 8538 (December 9, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4620 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 8741 (August 22, 2014).