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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Insurance Rating Law" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Hearings and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 30 days after notice of an order or decision of the Commissioner under this title made without a hearing, an insurer or rating organization aggrieved by the order or decision may make a written request to the Commissioner for a hearing on the order or decision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 20 days after receipt of a request for a hearing under subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall hold a hearing on the challenged order or decision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner shall give written notice of the time and place of the hearing at least 10 days before the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The hearing shall be concluded within 15 days after commencement of the hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, on application with notice to the interested parties and for good cause shown, the Commissioner may grant up to an additional 15 days for a hearing to be concluded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 20 days after the conclusion of a hearing under this section, the Commissioner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue an order that affirms, reverses, or modifies the challenged order or decision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>give a copy of the order to all interested parties.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The order shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state the Commissioner’s reasons for affirming, reversing, or modifying the challenged order or decision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contain specific findings of fact by the Commissioner in relation to the matter, that are supported by a preponderance of the evidence on consideration of the record as a whole.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any interested party may file proposed findings of fact with the Commissioner.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commissioner may accept or reject the proposed findings of fact.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>After a request for a hearing under this section, the Commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective date of the challenged order or decision until the hearing is concluded and the Commissioner issues an order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the Commissioner fails to hold or conclude the hearing or issue an order within the time required under this section, the filing or application at issue is deemed to meet the requirements of this title and is deemed approved.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This subtitle does not require the observance of formal rules of pleading or evidence at any hearing.</text>
  </level>
</section>
