Wash. Admin. Code § 308-101-080 - Requests for hearing
(1) A request
for a hearing shall be in writing;
(2) When no deadline for requesting a hearing
or interview is provided in Title 46 RCW, or other law or rule of the
department, a hearing or interview request must be postmarked or received by
the administrative law office within 15 days after notice is given;
(3) The hearing request form provided by the
department shall include a statement that if the parties or witness(es) are
hearing or speech impaired and/or non-English speaking, a qualified interpreter
will be appointed at no cost to the parties or witnesses. The form shall
include a section where the petitioner may request an interpreter and where he
or she may identify the language and/or nature of the interpretive services
needed;
(4) The request for hearing
shall include the following information with respect to the petitioner:
(a) Full name;
(b) Mailing address;
(c) Daytime telephone number, including area
code;
(d) Date of birth;
and
(e) Driver's license
number.
(5) The written
request for hearing shall be accompanied by the applicable nonrefundable filing
fee, unless the petitioner is entitled to a waiver of the filing fee because of
indigence, in which case a request to waive the hearing fee for indigence must
be submitted with the hearing request and be on a form approved by the
department;
(6) When the department
denies an application for an indigent fee waiver, the petitioner shall be
granted an additional 10 days to submit payment of the hearing fee;
(7)
Submitting hearing request with
fees: The request for a hearing may be submitted to: Department of
Licensing, Administrative Law Office, P.O. Box 9048, Olympia, WA
98507-9048;
(8)
Submitting
hearings request without a fee: If there is not filing fee or if the
petitioner is entitled to or applies for a waiver of the filing fee because of
indigence, the request must be submitted to: Department of Licensing,
Administrative Law Office, P.O. Box 9031, Olympia, WA 98507-9031;
(9) The request for a hearing may also be
submitted online if the petitioner meets the qualifications described on the
website at www.dol.wa.gov;
(10) If a request for hearing is denied, the
department shall notify the petitioner and the petitioner's legal
representative, if any, stating the reason(s) for the denial;
(a) The department (or a hearings examiner)
may set aside a denial of a hearing due to an untimely request if the
petitioner establishes good cause for the failure to timely request a
hearing;
(b) In the alternative,
the department may grant a hearing on the merits subject to a preliminary
determination by a hearings examiner on the issue of whether the hearing
request was timely filed or, if untimely, whether there was good cause to file
a late hearing request. If the petitioner fails to establish the hearing
request was timely filed or that there was good cause for a late hearing
request, the department's action shall be sustained or affirmed without further
review.
Notes
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(1) A request for a hearing shall be in writing;
(2) When no deadline for requesting a hearing or interview is provided in Title 46 RCW, or other law or rule of the department , a hearing or interview request must be postmarked or received by the hearings and interviews unit within fifteen days after notice is given;
(3) The hearing request form provided by the department shall include a statement that if the parties or witness(es) are hearing or speech impaired and/or non-English speaking, a qualified interpreter will be appointed at no cost to the parties or witnesses. The form shall include a section where the petitioner may request an interpreter and where he or she may identify the language and/or nature of the interpretive services needed;
(4) The request for hearing shall include the following information with respect to the petitioner:
(a) Full name;
(b) Mailing address;
(c) Daytime telephone number, including area code;
(d) Date of birth; and
(e) Driver's license number.
(5) The written request for hearing shall be accompanied by the applicable nonrefundable filing fee, unless the petitioner is entitled to a waiver of the filing fee because of indigence, in which case a request to waive the hearing fee for indigence must be submitted with the hearing request and be on a form approved by the department ;
(6) When the department denies an application for an indigent fee waiver, the petitioner shall be granted an additional ten days to submit payment of the hearing fee;
(7) Submitting hearing request with fees: The request for a hearing may be submitted to: Department of Licensing, Hearings and Interviews Unit, P.O. Box 9048, Olympia, WA 98507-9048;
(8) Submitting hearings request without a fee: If there is not filing fee or if the petitioner is entitled to or applies for a waiver of the filing fee because of indigence, the request must be submitted to: Department of Licensing, Hearings and Interviews Unit, P.O. Box 9031, Olympia, WA 98507-9031;
(9) The request for a hearing may also be submitted online if the petitioner meets the qualifications described on the web site at www.dol.wa.gov;
(10) If a request for hearing is denied, the department shall notify the petitioner and the petitioner's legal representative, if any, stating the reason(s) for the denial;
(a) The department (or a hearings examiner) may set aside a denial of a hearing due to an untimely request if the petitioner establishes good cause for the failure to timely request a hearing;
(b) In the alternative, the department may grant a hearing on the merits subject to a preliminary determination by a hearings examiner on the issue of whether the hearing request was timely filed or, if untimely, whether there was good cause to file a late hearing request. If the petitioner fails to establish the hearing request was timely filed or that there was good cause for a late hearing request, the department 's action shall be sustained or affirmed without further review.