Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-22-9 - Answer; time to file; form; content; right to amend
(a) Each person charged in a complaint shall
have 15 days after receipt of the complaint in which to file an answer. Each
answer to a complaint shall be submitted to the commission's secretary by
certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery.
If no answer is fled within the prescribed period, the person shall be deemed to have admitted the allegations contained in the complaint and to have acquiesced in the proposed action, and the complaint shall proceed directly to the state board for default findings.
(b) Each person fling an answer shall type,
sign, and swear to the contents of the answer. The caption of any answer shall
repeat the caption of the complaint in response to which the answer is fled,
except that the title shall state "answer" instead of "complaint."
(c) Each person fling an answer shall specify
each responsive allegation or defense in clear and concise language and in
separately numbered paragraphs. The person fling the answer shall admit or deny
each allegation contained in the complaint. If the person is without knowledge
or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of an allegation,
the person shall state this in the answer, and this shall have the effect of a
denial. Each person fling an answer shall attach to the answer as exhibits or,
if unavailable, shall reference in the answer any written instruments or
documents under the control of, or known to, the person fling the answer that
are relevant to the charges in the complaint or that the person intends to use
in defending the charges.
(d) Any
person fling an answer may amend the answer once at any time within 30 days
after service of the complaint. Each amended answer shall be fled with the
commission's secretary by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by
personal delivery.
(e) Upon
application to, and order of, the commission's secretary, the time in which to
file an answer may be extended once for a period not to exceed 10 additional
days.
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