If the grant, denial, or renewal of a license, resident license, or certificate to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine was previously treated as a contested case resulting in a final decision, the provisions of chapter 1-26 concerning contested cases do not apply unless the Board of Examiners determines that there has been a substantial change of circumstance since the proceedings in the prior contested case.

Source: SL 1987, ch 267 ; SL 2009, ch 178 , § 14; SL 2013, ch 172 , § 15.