[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR13.22]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 13--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT IN AGENCY PROCEEDINGS
--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C--Procedures for Considering Applications
 
Sec. 13.22  When an application may be filed.

    (a) The applicant must file and serve its application no later than 
30 calendar days after the Department's final disposition of the 
proceeding which makes the applicant a prevailing party.
    (b) For purposes of this rule, final disposition means the later of 
(1) the date on which an initial decision or other recommended 
disposition of the merits of the proceeding by an adjudicative officer 
or intermediate review board becomes administratively final; (2) 
issuance of an order disposing of any petitions for reconsideration of 
the Department's final order in the proceeding; (3) if no petition for 
reconsideration is filed, the last date on which such a petition could 
have been filed; or (4) issuance of a final order or any other final 
resolution of a proceeding, such as a settlement or voluntary dismissal, 
which is not subject to a petition for reconsideration.
    (c) For purposes of this rule, an applicant has prevailed when the 
agency has made a final disposition favorable to the applicant with 
respect to any matter which could have been heard as a separate 
proceeding, regardless of whether it was joined with other matters for 
hearing.
    (d) If review or reconsideration is sought or taken of a decision as 
to which an applicant believes it has prevailed, proceedings for the 
award of fees shall be stayed pending final disposition of the 
underlying controversy.