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(3) include all information and materials that the foster parent, prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or adoptive parent or legal guardian requests the department to consider in resolving the matter, including a copy of the first-level review decision if the foster parent, prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or adoptive parent or legal guardian participated in a first-level review under 7 AAC 54.500; and
(4) be submitted to the department at the address set out in the department’s
(A) original decision, if the requester did not seek a first-level review under 7 AAC 54.500;
(B) decision issued under 7 AAC 54.500, if the request is for an evidentiary hearing of a decision rendered under 7 AAC 54.500. (d) At any time during the hearing, the foster parent, prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or adoptive parent or legal guardian may be represented by an attorney or may be self-represented. A self-represented party may be assisted by a person who is not an attorney as provided in 2 AAC 64.160. (e) Upon receipt of a timely request under this section, the department will request the chief administrative law judge, appointed under AS 44.64.020, to appoint an administrative law judge employed or retained by the office of administrative hearings to preside over a hearing requested under this section in accordance with AS 44.64.060 and 2 AAC 64. (f) If a foster parent, a prospective adoptive parent or guardian, or an adoptive parent or legal guardian does not submit a request under this section no later than 30 days after a department decision described in (b) of this section, that decision is the department’s final administrative action. (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: