{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-81.114","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 81.114","heading":"Expeditious treatment.","body":"Requests for expeditious treatment of matters pending before the responsible Department official or the presiding officer are deemed communications on the merits, and are improper except when forwarded from parties to a proceeding and served upon all other parties thereto. Such communications should be in the form of a motion.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","SUBTITLE A—Department of Health and Human Services","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","PART 81—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS UNDER PART 80 OF THIS TITLE","Subpart K—Judicial Standards of Practice"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"1520054262b77d71058f1b2ab3150b9ddc719cf82c675b240bdf05ca453386e7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-81.113","next":"us/45-cfr-81.115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}