New Hampshire § 170-E-36 - Section 170-E:36 Notice and Hearing.

§ 170-E-36. Section 170-E:36 Notice and Hearing.

I. Should the department determine to suspend, revoke or deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit, it shall send to the applicant, licensee or permittee, by registered mail, a notice which sets forth the particular reasons for the determination. The suspension, revocation, or denial shall become final 10 days after receipt of such notice unless the applicant, licensee or permittee requests a hearing under paragraph II of this section. II. Any applicant, licensee or permittee aggrieved by a decision of the department to suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit may appeal to the commissioner through an administrative hearings process. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, the commissioner may, in accordance with the rules adopted by the department of personnel pursuant to RSA 541-A, appoint a hearings officer or officers, as necessary, to preside over such hearings. A hearings officer may affirm, deny or modify the decision of the department. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to procedures for the appeals process provided under this paragraph. III. When the department decides to suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew a license or permit, and it expressly finds that the continued operation of a child care facility or child-placing agency violates any minimum standard prescribed by law or rule, or otherwise jeopardizes the health, safety, morals, well-being or welfare of children served by the facility or child-placing agency, the department shall include in its notice an order of closure directing that the operation of the facility or child-placing agency terminate immediately. In this event, the facility or child-placing agency shall not operate during the pendency of any proceeding for the review of the decision of the department, except under court order. IV. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the hearings officer shall be in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 541-A. V. On or before December 31, 2010, and each year thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the chair of the house standing committee on children and family law relative to the number of license or permit suspensions, revocations, denials, and appeals for that year.