Article 35 of the Saudi Fertility Units Law

This article establishes the right to file a grievance against a penalty decision:

• What may be challenged: the penalty decision.
• The body: the Board of Grievances.
• The period: 60 days.
• Start of the period: from the date the decision is notified to the person it was issued against, not from the date it was issued.

This period differs from the period for a grievance against the temporary suspension of the license in Article 34, which is 30 days from notification. The temporary suspension is a measure the Minister takes before the violations committee issues its decision, whereas this article concerns the penalty decision itself.

It is followed by Article 36, which allows the Minister to order a decision to revoke or temporarily suspend a license to be carried out from the date of its issue, and provides that immediate execution does not prevent a grievance before the Board of Grievances and that filing a grievance does not stay that immediate execution. A person against whom a decision revoking the license has been issued may therefore find it applied at once while keeping the right to file a grievance.

Because the period is fixed and starts from notification, a person against whom a penalty decision is issued should keep the date of notification and may consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases (the Board of Grievances).