- (a) The time limit upon the State Insurance Department for the issuance of an order following an adjudicative hearing shall follow the requirement in Arkansas Code § 23-61-306(b) that states an order must be entered within thirty (30) days from the termination of the hearing or any rehearing thereon.
- (b) The Insurance Commissioner or hearing officer may keep the adjudicative hearing record open to receive items requested by the hearing officer after a hearing, and, therefore, the hearing shall be considered terminated when the record actually closes for purposes of the thirty-day period under this section.
(c)
- (1) Pursuant to Arkansas Code §§ 23-61-306 and 25-15-210, the commissioner shall mail a copy of the order to the same persons given notice of the hearing and to all parties of the hearing with the content of the order complying with 23 CAR § 43-212.
- (2) A party may agree in advance to accept receipt or delivery of the order by electronic means.
- (d) In the absence of statutory language explicitly referencing the time periods to be calculated upon working days, the order shall be issued on the basis of calendar days.