- (1) Procedures for adjudication of statements of charges are contained in chapters 246-10 and 246-11 WAC. Those rules provide for twenty days to file an answer, with a sixty-day extension for good cause, and thirty days to issue a scheduling order. They also provide for continuances.
- (2) The basic time period for settlement, discovery, and commencement of hearing is one hundred eighty days or less, to be set in the scheduling order.
- (3) The basic time period for issuing an order is forty-five days. For secretary professions, the forty-five day period begins upon completion of the hearing. For boards and commission professions, the forty-five day period begins upon completion of the hearing and deliberations.
- (4) If no answer is filed or default occurs during the adjudication, a proposed final order of default will be submitted to the disciplining authority within sixty days of notice of failure to respond or notice of default. A final order will be issued within forty-five days of the submission.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.130.095. WSR 07-24-073, § 246-14-090, filed 12/4/07, effective 1/4/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.130.095(1). WSR 00-10-114, § 246-14-090, filed 5/3/00, effective 7/2/00.]