Sec.17a-101k-6. Request for an administrative hearing

(a) Any person: (1) who has been substantiated as an individual responsible for child abuse or neglect; (2) against whom a registry finding is made; or (3) who is the parent or guardian of a child who has been substantiated as an individual responsible for child abuse or neglect, and has received notice of the decision reached after an internal review as provided in section 17a-101k-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or who has timely requested an internal review and has not received a decision pursuant to subsection (i) of section 17a-101k-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, may request an administrative hearing to contest the department's decisions.

(b) The request shall be made by the individual responsible or his or her legal representative sending a written request for an administrative hearing to the commissioner not later than thirty (30) days after the receipt of the decision reached after an internal review or, in the case in which the department has failed to timely conduct an internal review, at any time thirty one (31) or more days after sending the request for an internal review.

(Adopted effective November 7, 2008)