Section Mavs 202.01 - DefinitionsExcept where the context makes another meaning manifest, the following words have the meanings indicated when used in this chapter:
(a) "Data" means all information other than arguments, including oral or written descriptions, reports, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, audio or video recordings, computer programs, or computer printouts;(b) "File" means to place a document in the actual possession of the department;(c) "Hearing" means the receipt and consideration by the department of data or argument, or both, by methods which are appropriate to the nature and scope of the issues being decided by the department;(d) "Investigation" means a formal or informal search by the department for data concerning matters within its jurisdiction, the result of which is other than a final determination of a person's rights, duties, or privileges;(e) "Order" means a document issued by the department:(1) Establishing procedures to be followed in an adjudicative or non-adjudicative proceeding; or(2) Granting or denying a petition or motion;(f) "Petition" means an initial request to the department seeking action;(g) "Presiding officer" means the individual to whom the adjutant general has delegated authority to preside over some or all aspects of an adjudicative or other proceeding;(h) "Proposed decision" means an initial or recommended decision made by a presiding officer which is subject to review by the department; and(i) "Rulemaking" means the procedures for formulating agency rules set forth in RSA 541-A:3.N.H. Admin. Code § Mavs 202.01
Derived from Volume XLII Number 45, Filed November 10, 2022, Proposed by #13459 A, Effective 10/14/2022