(a) A long-term care facility that wishes to challenge a deficiency shall make a written request to the Department of Health 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 long-term care facility wishes to challenge; and
(2) A statement indicating whether the long-term care 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 long-term care facility and the office appear before the impartial decision maker.
Structure 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
§ 20-10-1903. Informal dispute resolution hearing
§ 20-10-1904. Impartial decision maker — Qualifications
§ 20-10-1905. Request for informal dispute resolution
§ 20-10-1906. Scheduling informal dispute resolution hearings — Submission of documentary evidence
§ 20-10-1907. Informal dispute resolution hearing — Conduct
§ 20-10-1908. Determination of impartial decision maker and Office of Long-Term Care
§ 20-10-1909. Matters not subject to informal dispute resolution
§ 20-10-1910. Effect of request for informal dispute resolution