Sec. 13a.15.14.03. Hearing Requests

A. A hearing shall be held when:

(1) An applicant or provider requests a hearing to contest:

(a) The denial of an application for registration;

(b) A revocation or suspension of a registration; or

(c) Any other action that adversely impacts registration, including, but not limited to:

(i) The setting of a provider's capacity at a number below that requested;

(ii) A reduction in capacity; or

(iii) A limitation on the ages or numbers of children who may be admitted to the family child care home; or

(2) An individual requests a hearing to contest the imposition of civil penalties for providing unregistered child care or advertising family child care services without a valid family child care certificate of registration.

B. Non-emergency Action Hearing Requests.

(1) All non-emergency action hearing requests shall be forwarded in writing to the Office and shall state the name and address of the provider or the individual contesting the imposition of a civil penalty, and the effective date and nature of the action appealed from.

(2) A hearing request shall be filed not later than 20 days after the date of the notice of the action taken by the Office.

(3) The Office shall forward a hearing request to the Office of Administrative Hearings within 10 days of the filing date.

(4) A hearing decision shall be rendered by the Office of Administrative Hearings within 90 days of the filing date.

(5) Any non-emergency action is stayed if a hearing request is timely filed, unless the action is:

(a) A revocation which immediately follows an emergency suspension period; or

(b) A denial which follows the expiration of the provisional period of a registration that was issued on a provisional basis.

C. Emergency Action Hearing Requests.

(1) All emergency action hearing requests shall be filed with the Office within 30 days of the hand-delivery of the notice of the Office's action, and shall state the name and address of the provider, and the effective date and action appealed from.

(2) The Office shall notify the Office of Administrative Hearings at once upon receipt of an emergency action hearing request. Oral notification shall be followed by written notification within 24 hours.

(3) A hearing shall be conducted within 7 days of the filing date of the hearing request.

(4) A decision by the administrative law judge shall be rendered within 7 days after the conclusion of the hearing.

(5) The filing of a hearing request may not stay an emergency action.