(a) If any facility wishes to contest the way in which a rule or contract provision relating to the prospective, cost-related reimbursement system was applied to such facility by the director, it shall first pursue the administrative review process set forth in section 56-133, Idaho Code.
(b) The administrative review process in section 56-133, Idaho Code, need not be exhausted if a facility wishes to challenge the legal validity of a statute, rule, or contract provision.