Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, licenses awarded or issued by written order following an evidentiary hearing conducted as a contested case before an administrative law judge shall not be subject to recission, denial, or revocation as a result of a subsequent investigative hearing held at the request of a denied applicant, and an applicant whose application is denied pursuant to such written order shall not be required to seek an investigative hearing as a prerequisite to filing an appeal.

Nothing in this rule shall restrict the right of the Commission to conduct investigations or to initiate enforcement or revocation proceedings outside of the investigative hearing process initiated by a denied applicant.

Author: Mark D. Wilkerson

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 20-2A-22, as amended.

History: New Rule: Published June 30, 2025; effective August 14, 2025.