§ 6996 - Right of participants to Division hearing

CHAPTER 98— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER VIII— NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

(a) Subject to subsection (b), a participant shall have the right to appeal an adverse decision to the Division for an evidentiary hearing by a hearing officer consistent with section 6997 of this title.

(b) To be entitled to a hearing under section 6997 of this title, a participant shall request the hearing not later than 30 days after the date on which the participant first received notice of the adverse decision.