[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR81.53]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 81_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS UNDER PART 80 OF THIS 

TITLE--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart F_Proceedings Prior to Hearing

 

Sec.  81.53  Amendment of notice or answer.



    The General Counsel may amend the notice of hearing or opportunity 

for hearing once as a matter of course before an answer thereto is 

served, and each respondent may amend his answer once as a matter of 

course not later than 10 days before the date fixed for hearing but in 

no event later than 20 days from the date of service of his original 

answer. Otherwise a notice or answer may be amended only by leave of the 

presiding officer. A respondent



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shall file his answer to an amended notice within the time remaining for 

filing the answer to the original notice or within 10 days after service 

of the amended notice, whichever period may be the longer, unless the 

presiding officer otherwise orders.