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evidentiary hearing under 7 AAC 54.510. (f) If a foster parent, a prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or an adoptive parent or legal guardian does not submit a request for a first-level review, the department’s original decision is a final administrative action unless a written request for an evidentiary hearing is submitted under 7 AAC 54.510. (g) The provisions of this section do not apply to licensing-related actions conducted under AS 47.05.300 — 47.05.390, AS 47.06, AS 47.32, 7 AAC 10, or 7 AAC 50. (Eff. 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 13.26.153 AS 47.06.010 AS 47.14.100

AS 25.23.210 AS 47.06.080 AS 47.14.120

AS 25.23.230 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.14.130 Editor’s note: As of Register 204 (January 2013), and under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), the regulations attorney made technical corrections to 7 AAC 54.500. 7 AAC 54.510. Evidentiary hearing. (a) A foster parent, a prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or an adoptive parent or legal guardian who is not satisfied with the department’s decision to deny, suspend, reduce, change, or terminate a foster care payment, an adoption subsidy payment, or a guardianship subsidy payment may request an evidentiary hearing under this section without seeking a first-level review under 7 AAC 54.500 or may request an evidentiary hearing of a decision rendered under 7 AAC 54.500. (b) A request for an evidentiary hearing under this section must be submitted in writing no later than 30 days after the date of the department’s original decision or a decision under a first-level review under 7 AAC 54.500. (c) A request for an evidentiary hearing under this section must

(1) describe the issue or decision being appealed;

(2) specify the basis upon which the decision is challenged;