Or. Admin. Code § 875-001-0015 - Hearing Requests, Answers, and Consequences of Failure to Answer

(1) A hearing request shall be made in writing to the Board by the party or his/her representative and shall include an answer, which includes the following:

(a) An admission or denial of each factual matter alleged in the notice;

(b) A short and plain statement of each relevant affirmative defense the party may have.

(2) Factual matters alleged in the notice and not denied in the answer shall be presumed admitted;

(3) Failure to raise a particular defense in the answer will be considered a waiver of such defense; and

(4) Affirmative defenses alleged in the answer shall be presumed to be denied by the Board.

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Or. Admin. Code § 875-001-0015

VMEB 1-2006, f. & cert. ef. 2-8-06

Stat. Auth.: ORS 686.210

Stats. Implemented: ORS 686.020, 686.045 & 686.065