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L-171 Additional Medical Assessment MS Manual 01/01/14 If the hearing involves medical issues, such as those concerning a diagnosis, an examining physician’s report, or a medical review team’s decision, and if the hearing official considers it necessary to have a medical assessment other than that of the individual involved in making the original decision, such a medical assessment must be obtained at agency expense and made part of the record.

L-172 Hearing Decision MS Manual 01/01/14 The hearing official will prepare a Final Order based on the evidence accepted into the record and the sworn record of testimony of the proceedings. The format will include an Introduction, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and a Decision. The final decision will be made by the hearing official who will sign the Final Order. Final administrative action must be completed within 90 days from the date of receipt of the appeal. A client or representative or the DCO county office who would like reconsideration of the Final Order to correct a material misstatement of the record, a clear error of law, or both may request Reconsideration as outlined in DHS Appeals and Hearings Procedures Policy 1098.19-1098.23.

L-173 Judicial Review MS Manual 01/01/14 When the hearing official has rendered a final agency action on a case and the petitioner or representative is not satisfied with the decision, he or she has the right to judicial review under Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act at A.C.A. § 25-15-212.

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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION L L-100 Administrative Hearings

L 172 Hearing Decision

L-171 Additional Medical Assessment MS Manual 01/01/14 If the hearing involves medical issues, such as those concerning a diagnosis, an examining physician’s report, or a medical review team’s decision, and if the hearing official considers it necessary to have a medical assessment other than that of the individual involved in making the original decision, such a medical assessment must be obtained at agency expense and made part of the record.

L-172 Hearing Decision MS Manual 01/01/14 The hearing official will prepare a Final Order based on the evidence accepted into the record and the sworn record of testimony of the proceedings. The format will include an Introduction, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and a Decision. The final decision will be made by the hearing official who will sign the Final Order. Final administrative action must be completed within 90 days from the date of receipt of the appeal. A client or representative or the DCO county office who would like reconsideration of the Final Order to correct a material misstatement of the record, a clear error of law, or both may request Reconsideration as outlined in DHS Appeals and Hearings Procedures Policy 1098.19-1098.23.

L-173 Judicial Review MS Manual 01/01/14 When the hearing official has rendered a final agency action on a case and the petitioner or representative is not satisfied with the decision, he or she has the right to judicial review under Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act at A.C.A. § 25-15-212.