Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
AGENCY DESCRIPTION
Chapter 246-14 - Uniform procedures for complaint resolution
Section 246-14-090 - Adjudication of statement of charges

(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.