APA Section 41 — Curable defects in an order

An order is not invalid for four defects if they are cured later: no request filed where the official could act only on a request (the request is filed later); missing reasons under Section 37 (reasons given later); an incomplete hearing of the parties (completed later); and a missing approval from another official (given later). For the last three the cure must happen before the appeal process ends, or, where there is no appeal, before the order goes to the body deciding its legality. Minor errors may always be corrected (Section 43).