[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR81.53]

[Page 315]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           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 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.