- (a) The Department of Health may hold a hearing to consider a petition for declaratory order.
(b) If a hearing is held, it shall be conducted in accordance with:
- (1) Arkansas Code §§ 25-15-208 and 25-15-213; and
- (2) The department’s rules for adjudicatory hearings.
- (c) The department may rely on the statements of fact set out in the petition without taking any position with regard to the validity of the facts.
- (d) Within ninety (90) days of the filing of the petition, the department will render a final order denying the petition or issuing a declaratory order.