1. (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 20-10-303 [repealed] the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board [abolished] shall hear all appeals by licensed long-term care facilities, long-term care administrators, or other parties regulated by the Office of Long-Term Care with regard to licensure and certification.

2. (b)

   1. (1) All appeals shall be made in writing to the Chair of the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board [abolished] within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice of intended action.
   2. (2) The notice shall include the nature of intended action, rule allegedly violated, and the nature of the evidence supporting allegation and set forthwith particularity asserted violations, discrepancies, and dollar amounts which the appellant contends are in compliance with all rules.

3. (c)

   1. (1) Appeals must be heard by the board [abolished] within sixty (60) days following the date of the chair’s receipt of written appeal unless otherwise agreed by both parties.
   2. (2) The chair shall notify the party or parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing at least seven (7) working days prior to the hearing date.
4. (d) Preliminary motions must be made in writing and submitted to the chair and/or hearing officer with service to opposing party at least three (3) days prior to hearing date unless otherwise directed by the chair or hearing officer.

5. (e)

   1. (1) All papers filed in any proceeding shall be typewritten on white paper using one (1) side of the paper only and will be double spaced.
   2. (2) They shall bear a caption clearly showing the title of the proceeding in connection with which they are filed together with the docket number, if any.

   3. (3) All papers shall:

      1. (A) Be signed by the party or his or her authorized representative or attorney; and
      2. (B) Contain his or her address and telephone number.
   4. (4) All papers shall be served either on the Office of Chief Counsel of the Department of Human Services, the attorney for the party, or if no attorney for the party, service shall be made on the party.

Codification Notes: Code § 20-10-303 was repealed by Acts 2005, No. 898, § 4. The Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board was abolished by Acts 2017, No. 540, § 39.