45 CFR 156.903
§ 156.903 Scope of Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) authority.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 156.903, § 156.903 Scope of Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) authority, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/217790
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(a) The ALJ has the authority, including all of the authority conferred by the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 554a), to adopt whatever procedures may be necessary or proper to carry out in an efficient and effective manner the ALJ's duty to provide a fair and impartial hearing on the record and to issue an initial decision concerning the imposition of a civil money penalty of a QHP offered in a Federally-facilitated Exchange, State Exchange, and State-based Exchange on the Federal platform, or the decertification of a QHP offered in a Federally-facilitated Exchange.
(b) The ALJ's authority includes the authority to modify, consistent with the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), any hearing procedures set out in this subpart.
(c) The ALJ does not have the authority to find invalid or refuse to follow Federal statutes or regulations.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.