C.M.R. 05, 071, ch. 119, § 071-119-1, subsec. 071-119-1.1
As used in this rule, all terms have the same meaning as those same terms in the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, 5 MRSA Chapter 375. Other terms are defined as follows:
Adjudicatory proceeding - An administrative proceeding before the Department of Education in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of specifically named persons are required by constitutional right, by provision of law or by rule to be determined.
Commissioner - The Commissioner of Education or a designee.
Department - The Department of Education.
Party - The specifically named applicant whose legal rights, duties or privileges are being determined in an adjudicatory proceeding and any other person(s) allowed to intervene.
C.M.R. 05, 071, ch. 119, § 071-119-1, subsec. 071-119-1.1