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About the Adjudicative Service Unit

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Mission
The Department of Health's Adjudicative Service Unit provides an efficient, impartial, fair, and uniform legal process for the litigants and the public.
Values
Fair and impartial – All parties who appear before us will have an opportunity to present their case. Evidence will be heard and decisions rendered in a fair, impartial, and unbiased manner.
Integrity and Honesty – We provide an open forum. We follow and uphold the law without undue influence from outside sources.
Respect – We embrace the diversity of individuals and treat all people with dignity.
Stewardship – We provide services in an efficient, competent, and timely manner. We make good use of public resources.

The Adjudicative Service Unit administers health law hearings for the Department of Health. We report directly to the Deputy Secretary of Health and act independently from other department programs. Organizational chart.

Our staff includes Health Law Judges, who make final decisions in all cases before the Department of Health except health profession discipline cases that are before a board or commission. Health Law Judges serve as presiding officers in health profession discipline cases that are before a Board or Commission.