Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0047 - Procedures for Conduct of Contested Case Hearings
Chapter 1 - PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS
Section 1-4 - Definitions

a. "Affidavit" - a written notarized statement of facts made voluntarily under oath.

b. "Contestant" - the person, or persons representative, bringing the complaint against the Department or its Divisions.

c. "Contested case" - a proceeding by the Department, or its divisions, involving, but not restricted to, rate making, price fixing, benefit determination or level of benefits, and licensing, in which legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law or regulation to be determined by the Department.

d. "Department" - the Department of Health and Social Services.

e. "Director" - Director of the Department of Health and Social Services.

f. "Ex parte matter" - matters which may be heard by the hearing officer in the absence of and without notice to the adverse party.

g. "Hearing officer" - any employee of the Department or other individual designated by the Director to serve as the presiding officer at a hearing held under these rules.

h. "Indispensable party" - any person whose joinder as a party is so important to a just resolution of the contested case that if he cannot be joined the action should not be allowed to proceed. The hearing officer will determine who is an "indispensable party".

i. "Person" - any individual, partnerships corporation, association, municipality, governmental. subdivision, public or private organization of any character, other than an agency.

j. "Respondent" - the Department of Health and Social Services or one of its divisions.

k. 11WAPA11 - the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, W.S. W.S. W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115.