Appeals.

(a)

The operation of the administrative appeals process for certificate of need applications established b Health and Safety Code Sections 438.8 to 438.12, inclusive, and implemented by this Article is suspended.

(b)

No petition for appeal shall be accepted by the Council after the effective date of this regulation.

(c)

Any appeal pending as of the date this suspension becomes effective shall be processed in accordance with Article 7 as it stood immediately before that date.