N.D. Cent. Code § 28-32-11
The agency or commission shall adopt a procedure whereby all interested persons are afforded reasonable opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing, concerning the proposed rule, including data respecting the impact of the proposed rule. The agency or commission shall adopt a procedure to allow interested parties to request and receive notice from the agency or commission of the date and place the rule will be reviewed by the administrative rules committee. In case of substantive rules, the agency or commission shall conduct an oral hearing. The agency or commission shall consider fully all written and oral submissions respecting a proposed rule prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule not of an emergency nature. The agency or commission shall make a written record of its consideration of all written and oral submissions contained in the rulemaking record respecting a proposed rule.
N.D.C.C. § 28-32-11