{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-81.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 81.21","heading":"Parties; General Counsel deemed a party.","body":"(a) The term party shall include an applicant or recipient or other person to whom a notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing has been mailed naming him a respondent.\n(b) The General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be deemed a party to all proceedings.","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 C—Parties"],"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":"4aba1738c49d505680f1eb0815989da94332e4c20724650a327b15b95dbd4129","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-81.13","next":"us/45-cfr-81.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}