Mich. Admin. Code R. 500.1057
Rule 7. A person who is the subject of proceedings brought pursuant to the Michigan uniform trade practices act, sections 2001 to 2050 of Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being SS500.2001 to 500.2050 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, hereinafter called respondent, shall have 20 days from the date the notice of hearing in a contested case is received to request that the commissioner designate an independent hearing officer. The right to such a designation shall be exercised in writing and shall be received by the commissioner on or before the twentieth day after the date that the notice of hearing is received. Failure to request the designation of an independent hearing officer within such time shall operate as a waiver of the right to an independent hearing officer designated under these rules. The respondent shall be informed in the notice of hearing of the right to an independent hearing officer and of the time by which the request shall be made.
Mich. Admin. Code R. 500.1057