WAC 230-17-010   Requesting and scheduling a hearing.  (1) Applicants, licensees, or permittees may request a hearing using the form we provide.

     (2) We must receive the request from the applicant, licensee, or permittee at our administrative office within:

     (a) Twenty-three days after we mail by regular mail the notice of administrative charges; or

     (b) Twenty days after they receive by certified mail the notice of administrative charges; or

     (c) Twenty days after we personally serve the notice of administrative charges.

     (3) If applicants, licensees, or permittees do not file requests in the time required, then they waive their right to a hearing. They are in default, as defined in RCW 34.05.440, and the commissioners may take action against them up to the maximum penalty stated in the notice of administrative charges.

     (4) The director, director's designee, or the presiding officer of the hearing must issue a notice of hearing which meets the requirements of RCW 34.05.434(2).



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 08-23-077 (Order 636), § 230-17-010, filed 11/18/08, effective 1/1/09; 07-21-156 (Order 615), § 230-17-010, filed 10/24/07, effective 1/1/08.]