Section 31-1-11 - DefinitionsFor purposes of Sections 31-1-11 through 31-1-17, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Agency" means the Connecticut Labor Department.(b) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner of the state of Connecticut, whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109.(c) "Contested case" means a proceeding, including but not restricted to rate-making, price fixing and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by statute to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing or in which a hearing is in fact held, but does not include proceedings on a petition for a declaratory ruling under section 4-176 or hearings referred to in section 4-168 of the general statutes;(d) "Final decision" means (A) the agency determination in a contested case, (B) a declaratory ruling issued by an agency pursuant to section 4-176 of the general statutes or (C) an agency decision made after reconsideration, but does not include a preliminary or intermediate ruling or order of an agency, or a ruling of an agency granting or denying a petition for reconsideration;(e) "Intervenor" means a person, other than a party, granted status as an intervenor by an agency in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 4-176 or subsection (b) of section 4-177a of the General Statutes of Connecticut;(f) "Party" means each person (A) whose legal rights, duties or privileges are required by statute to be determined by an agency proceeding and who is named or admitted as a party, (B) who is required by law to be a party in an agency proceeding or (C) who is granted status as a party under subsection (a) of section 4-177a of the General Statutes of Connecticut;(g) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-1-11