Section 792.10103. Definitions.

For purposes of these rules, the words and phrases defined in this rule have the meanings ascribed to them.

(a)     “Act” means 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, also known as the administrative procedures act of 1969.

(b)    “Administrative law judge” means any person assigned by the hearing system to preside over and hear a contested case or other matter assigned, including, but not limited to, tribunal member, hearing officer, presiding officer, referee, and magistrate.

(c)    “Adjournment” means a postponement of a hearing to a later date.

(d)     “Administrator” means the person, commission, or board with final decision making authority in a contested case, other than an administrative law judge or a tribunal member.

(e)    “Agency” means a bureau, division, section, unit, board, commission, trustee, authority, office, or organization within a state department, created by the constitution, statute, or department action. Agency does not include an administrative unit within the legislative or judicial branches of state government, the governor’s office, a unit having direct governing control over an institution of higher education, the state civil service commission, or an association of insurers or nonprofit organization of insurer members created under the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302.

(f)    “Authorized representative” means a person, other than an attorney, representing a party in a proceeding.

(g)    “Contested case” means a proceeding or evidentiary hearing in which a determination of the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a named party is made after an opportunity for a hearing.

(h)    “Continuance” means a resumption of a hearing at a later date under these rules.

(i)    “Date of receipt” means the date on which the hearing system receives a filing.

(j)      “Department” means the state department of licensing and regulatory affairs, unless otherwise specified as a separate constitutionally created state department.

(k)     “Hearing system” means the Michigan administrative hearing system created under the authority of Executive Reorganization Order No. 2005-1, MCL 445.2021.

(l)       “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, agency, or any other entity.

(m)    “Petitioner” means a person who files a request for a hearing.

(n)     “Referring authority” means a court, state, or local political subdivision including, but not limited to, a department, agency, bureau, tribunal, mayor, city council, township supervisor, township board, village manager, or village board.

(o)    “Respondent” means a person against whom a proceeding is commenced.

History: 2015 AACS.