How do the terms in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) compare to this chapter?
To improve clarity and understanding, the rules in this chapter may use different words than the APA or the model rules. Following is a list of terms used in those laws and the terms as used in these rules:
| |
Adjudicative proceeding | Different terms are used to refer to different stages of the hearing process, and may include prehearing meeting, prehearing conference, hearing, review, reconsideration and the entire hearing process |
Agency | DSHS |
Application for adjudicative proceeding | Request a hearing |
Enter | Make, send |
Presiding officer | ALJ or review judge |
Reviewing officer | Review judge |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
34.05.020, chapter
34.05 RCW, Parts IV and V, 2002 c 371 § 211. WSR 02-21-061, § 388-02-0015, filed 10/15/02, effective 11/15/02. Statutory Authority: RCW
34.05.020. WSR 00-18-059, § 388-02-0015, filed 9/1/00, effective 10/2/00.]