Section R20-6-115. Response to Request for Rehearing

A.      Each party served with a request for rehearing pursuant to R20-6-114 shall be permitted to file a response within 15 days after the request for rehearing has been filed. This response shall be designated as a “response to request for rehearing or review” and shall be in writing. Affidavits may be attached to and filed with the response. If not filed in this manner, an affi- davit shall be filed only if leave for later filing of affidavits is granted by  the hearing  officer or  Director.  Leave may  be granted ex parte. The original response shall be filed with the Department as provided in R20-6-103, and one copy shall be served upon all other parties to the hearing, including the Attorney General if the Attorney General is not the party filing the response.

B.       The hearing officer or Director has the discretion to convene a hearing or hear oral argument to consider a request for rehear- ing.

Historical Note

Adopted effective January 23, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). R20-6- 115 recodified from R4-14-115 (Supp. 95-1). Amended effective June 15, 1998 (Supp. 98-2).