Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Section 165.176 - Hearing on demand of applicant or licensee(a) In the event a hearing is requested under § 165.175 (relating to action without prior hearing) and the decision made does not finally dispose of all privileges claimed, a final hearing shall automatically be scheduled before the Commission.(b) In the event no hearing is requested on temporary denial, suspension, or revocation, an affected applicant or licensee shall in any event have the privilege of requesting a final hearing before the Commission. Application therefor must be made in writing with the Executive Office of the Commission. Such notice shall set forth a concise statement of all grounds upon which a hearing is requested and shall state that a hearing is demanded not for reasons of delay but because the applicant truly believes an injustice has been done. Such application must be duly sworn to in all respects.(c) A demand for hearing, in order to be considered timely, must be received in the office of the Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, no later than the tenth day after the application for a license has been refused or a license has been suspended or revoked. The ten days shall commence on the day that notification of such refusal, suspension, or revocation is served.(d) The preliminary determination to refuse, suspend, or revoke a license shall remain in full force and effect pending the final determination on the hearing demanded. The Commission may, however, for cause shown and provided that sufficient facts are presented by affidavit to warrant such action, grant a supersedeas until the final determination of the Commission.(e) The determination to refuse, suspend, or revoke a license shall remain in full force and effect pending the final determination of the hearing demanded. The Commission may however for cause shown and provided that sufficient facts are presented by affidavit to warrant such action, grant a supersedeas until the final determination of the Commission. Applications for a supersedeas must be made in writing, sworn to by the applicant and must set forth pertinent facts showing that the applicant will sustain irreparable harm, that there is no reasonable basis for the ruling or order complained of and showing that the applicant is likely to prevail at the ultimate hearing on the merits. Such applications must be filed in the same manner as complaints. The grant or disallowance of such applications shall be in the reasonable discretion of the Commission or of that officer to whose discretion the application is delegated.The provisions of this §165.176 amended through October 21, 1977, effective 10/22/1977, 7 Pa.B. 3129.