The Department of Correction will accept a request for declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statute or regulation administered by the Department in the following form:

1. (a) A request must be in writing;
2. (b) The request shall be signed by the person seeking the ruling and shall include his address for purposes of reply;
3. (c) The request shall state clearly the question of applicability upon which the ruling is sought;
4. (d) The request shall state the position of the person seeking the ruling, including a statement of the factual background relative to the question of applicability;
5. (e) The request should include an argument in support of the position of the person seeking the ruling with such legal citation as may be appropriate.

(Effective February 22, 1979)