Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans
102ld - Administration, Programs, and Patient Rights and Obligations
Article I - GENERAL
Part C - Rules of Practice
Section 27-102l(d)-59 - Parties, intervenors, and participants

Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 27-102l(d)-59

Current through September 9, 2024

(a) The presiding officer shall admit as a party any applicant, petitioner, or respondent in the hearing. In addition, the presiding officer shall consider all petitions filed in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section and shall admit as a party any other person whose participation as a party is necessary to the proper disposition of such case and who shall be substantially and specifically affected by the proceeding.

(b) Any person who proposes to be admitted as a party to any proceeding shall file a written petition to be so designated not later than five (5) days before the date of the hearing of the proceeding as a contested case.

(c) A petition to be designated a party shall state:

(1) The name and address of the petitioner,

(2) The manner in which the petitioner claims to be substantially and specifically affected by the proceeding,

(3) The contention of the petitioner concerning the issue of the proceeding,

(4) The relief sought by the petitioner, if any,

(5) The statutory or other authority therefor,

(6) A summary of any evidence that the petitioner intends to present in the event the petition is granted, and

(7) The way in which the party shall be substantially and specifically affected by the proceeding.

(d) Prior to the commencement of oral testimony in any hearing in a contested case, any person may petition for permission from the presiding officer to participate in the hearing as an intervenor.

(e) The petition of the proposed intervenor shall:

(1) State such person's name and address,

(2) State the interest affected by the proceeding,

(3) Describe the manner and extent to which that person proposes to participate in the hearing,

(4) Describe the manner in which such participation shall furnish assistance to the Commissioner in resolving the issues of the case, and

(5) Summarize any evidence that person proposes to offer.

(f) The presiding officer shall determine whether and to what extent the proposed intervenor may participate in the hearing, taking into account whether such participation shall furnish assistance to the Commissioner or his designee in resolving the issues of the contested case.

(g) Unless provided otherwise by the presiding officer in writing, each person or their duly authorized representative authorized to participate in a contested case as a party or as an intervenor shall file a written notice of appearance with the presiding officer. Said appearance shall include a mailing address and telephone number, if applicable.

(h) If a party is homeless and no suitable address is available, notices and all other mailings shall be sent to the office of the Department's service officer in the congressional district in which the homeless person lives:

(1) Suitable alternative addresses include, but shall be not limited to, a relative, a friend, an emergency shelter, a soup kitchen, or other address to which the United States Postal Service makes deliveries, and which the homeless person identifies as a place that the party frequents,

(2) No more than two alternatives shall be used by the presiding officer.

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