(a) Within 15 days after being informed of a denial of an application for a full-time student certificate or within 45 days after Federal Register publication of a statement of the terms of the certificate granted (subsequent to April 30, 1976, within 60 days after a certificate is granted), any person aggrieved by the action of an authorized officer in denying or granting a certificate may:
- (1) File a written request for reconsideration thereof by the authorized officer who made the decision in the first instance, or
- (2) File with the Administrator a written request for review.
- (b) A request for reconsideration shall be accompanied by a statement of the additional evidence which the applicant believes may materially affect the decision and a showing that there were reasonable grounds for failure to present such evidence in the original proceedings.
- (c) Any person aggrieved by the reconsideration determination of an authorized officer may, within 15 days after such determination, file with the Administrator a written request for review.
- (d) A request for review shall be granted where reasonable grounds for the review are set forth in the request.
- (e) If a request for reconsideration or review is granted, the authorized officer or the Administrator may, to the extent he/she deems it appropriate, afford other interested persons an opportunity to present data, views, or argument.
[40 FR 6329, Feb. 11, 1975; 40 FR 22546, May 23, 1975]