Section 8-1 - Application review process (a) Upon receipt of a complete application, the Board office shall review the application and, if it is complete and there are no known grounds for denial of the license or certified requested, issue the license or certificate. If there are known grounds for denial, the Board office may forward the application to the Application Review Committee (ARC) to provide recommendations to the Board.
(b) The ARC shall review the application and all other information available and following the review may: - (i) Recommend that the Board approve the application if the applicant meets all requirements, or;
- (ii) Recommend that the Board forward the application and the ARC report to the Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Board for prosecution of hearing matters for review if there are questions as to whether denial is appropriate.
(c) If, after review, and following consultation with the assigned Attorney General, the ARC concludes that grounds exist to recommend denial of an application: - (i) A preliminary denial letter shall be sent to the applicant, which shall:
- (A) State the basis for the denial including relevant statutes and rules; and;
- (B) Advise the applicant of the right to request reconsideration.
- (ii) If the applicant fails to request reconsideration in writing within thirty (30) days of the date of the preliminary denial letter, the preliminary denial becomes final.
- (iii) If the applicant requests reconsideration within thirty (30) days, a reconsideration conference shall be held with the ARC, the Attorney General, and the applicant.
- (iv) Following a reconsideration conference, the ARC shall either approve or deny the application and notify the applicant.
- (v) If denied, the applicant must submit a written request for a hearing before the Board within thirty (30) days of the date of the denial letter or the denial is final.