(a) A long-term care facility that wishes to challenge a deficiency shall make a written request to the Department of Health within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the statement of deficiencies from the Office of Long-Term Care.
(b) The written request shall include:
(1) A list of all deficiencies that the long-term care facility wishes to challenge; and
(2) A statement indicating whether the long-term care facility wants the hearing to be conducted by telephone conference call, by record review of the impartial decision maker, or by a meeting in which the long-term care facility and the office appear before the impartial decision maker.