Library: Policy

340:2-5-50. Purpose

Issued 06-27-02

(a) The purpose of this Subchapter is to describe the Department of Human Services (DHS) administrative hearing process.

(b) Hearings are intended to:

• (1) safeguard the rights and interests of individual clients by affording them due process;

• (2) correct improper actions taken by DHS; and

• (3) contribute to uniformity in the application of law and policy.

(c) The hearing process is not a substitute for proper and efficient program administration by DHS.