1. (1) The administrator, on written request of an interested person, may issue a declaratory ruling as to the applicability to an actual statement of facts of the act or these rules upon submission of the following:

   1. (a) A clear and concise statement of the actual statement of facts.
   2. (b) If the interested person desires, a brief or other reference to legal authorities upon which he or she relies for determination of the applicability of the act or these rules to the statement of facts.

2. (2) A declaratory ruling shall include all of the following:

   1. (a) The actual statement of facts.
   2. (b) The legal authority on which the department relies for its ruling, if any.
   3. (c) The ruling it makes.
3. (3) A ruling once issued is binding on the administrator and it may not retroactively be changed, but nothing in this rule shall prohibit the administrator from prospectively changing a ruling.

History: 1979 AC; 1998-2000 AACS.