Source: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/220-50-10-2
Timestamp: 2020-05-30 03:16:28
Document Index: 139055076

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 36', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2']

220-RICR-50-10-2 ACTIVE RULE
9.	“Party” or “Parties” means each Person named or admitted as a Party in a Contested Case.
10.	“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision, public or private organization or any other entity however formed.
11.	“Reasonable cause” means the existence of a set of facts of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs which would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to conclude that a violation(s) of law, rule, or regulation has occurred.
12.	“Respondent” means a Party who is the subject of a Department administrative action pursuant to § 2.4 of this Part.
B.	Notices. All Persons upon whom a § 2.5(A) of this Part Notice is served, if required to do so in the Notice, shall file a written answer ("Answer") within twenty (20) days of the service of the § 2.5(A) of this Part Notice. The Answer shall be in the form of a specific admission, denial, and/or assertion that the Respondent is without sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief with respect to each of the allegations in the § 2.5(A) of this Part Notice, along with the assertion of any defense to any allegation(s). Any Party having a right to request a hearing shall request such hearing in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the § 2.5(A) of this Part Notice.
D.	The Notice of Hearing shall also inform the Respondent that:
1.	it shall be his/her or its sole responsibility (or his/her or its representative) to present a defense at hearing; and
2.	specify the statutory cause of action under which the hearing is convened and potential penalty or penalties resulting therefrom.
F.	Order Regarding Hearing. For those proceedings where a Party has requested a hearing (such as an appeal pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-4-40), where there is no need for the Notice as delineated in § 2.4(A) of this Part, an order shall be issued specifying the time, date, location of the hearing.
D.	Date of Certificate to Govern. In addition to the provisions of § 2.10(A) of this Part, the calculation of the time for response to all pleadings shall commence as of the date of the certificate of service. However, if service is made by mail, then one (1) day shall be added to the prescribed period.
1.	A complete record of the proceedings shall be recorded on audiotape, digital recorder or similar electronic device or, at the discretion of the Hearing Officer, by stenographic record. In the event the Hearing Officer orders a stenographic record, the Hearing Officer shall order which Party or Parties shall bear the cost thereof. Any Party may on his, her or its own initiative order a stenographic record made of the proceedings. The requesting Party shall incur all costs associated therewith. The Hearing Officer shall be provided an original of the stenographic record at no cost and the Department Counsel shall be provided with a copy at no cost. Any Party may request a copy of the audiotape record of the proceedings. The requesting Party shall bear the cost of reproducing said audiotapes thereof.
b.	an individual, partnership, corporation, association or private organization doing business and located in the state which is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and which employs no more than one hundred (100) persons at the time the adjudication is initiated; and
This technical revision is promulgated to correct minor formatting errors in this regulation as previously published. Changes were made to the following sections: § 2.5 - citations were updated to comply with RICR standards § 2.5(D) - enumerated sections within the paragraph were broken down into a clear list. No substantive changes were made.