Mount Olive Home Health Care Agency, Inc. v. N.C. Department of Human Resources

MARTIN, Judge.

The two main issues on this appeal are whether the hearing officer erred in excluding the testimony of Mount Olive’s expert witnesses, and whether the Agency’s decision was supported by substantial evidence. We find no error in the exclusion of the expert testimony and conclude that the final decision of the Agency was supported by substantial evidence. Therefore, we affirm the decision of the Agency.

Petitioner first assigns error to the preclusion of the testimony of its expert witnesses by the hearing officer. This assignment of error is based on petitioner’s exception to the…