DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING SYSTEM  
GENERAL RULES  
(By authority conferred on the Michigan Administrative Hearing System by section 6  
of 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.6, and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 2005-1 and  
2011-4, MCL 445.2021 and 445.2030)  
HEARINGS, APPEALS, AND DECLARATORY RULINGS  
R 400.901 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.902 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.903 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.904 Request for hearing; timeliness.  
Rule 904. (1) A request for a hearing shall be in writing and signed by the claimant,  
petitioner, or on his behalf by his authorized representative.  
(2) The request may be filed with the state department office in Lansing or a local  
county office. When filed with the local county department office, it shall be  
forwarded immediately to the state department office.  
(3) Freedom to make a request for a hearing shall not be limited or interfered  
with in any way. The agency shall assist a claimant to submit and process his request.  
(4) A claimant shall be provided 90 days from the mailing of the notice in R  
400.902 to request a hearing.  
(5) When a claimant requests a hearing within the timely notice period, assistance  
shall not be suspended, reduced, discontinued, or terminated until a decision is  
rendered after a hearing, unless:  
(a) A determination is made at the hearing by the administrative law judge that  
the sole issue is one of state or federal law or policy.The administrative law judge shall  
inform a claimant promptly in writing that assistance is to be discontinued pending the  
final decision if the sole issue is one of state or federal law or policy, subject to  
this issue being reconsidered in the final decision.  
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(b) A subsequent change affecting a recipient's grant occurs while the hearing  
decision is pending and a recipient fails to request a hearing after notice of the  
subsequent change.  
(6) When an appeal is filed from a written notice of revocation, denial, or refusal to  
renew a license within 30 days of receipt of the  
written notice, the denial,  
revocation, or refusal to review shall be held in abeyance pending the final decision.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 400.905 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.906 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.907 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2014 AACS; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.908 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2014 AACS; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.909 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.910 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.911 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.912 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
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R 400.913 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.914 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.915 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.916 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.917 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.918 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.919 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.920 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.921 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.922 Rescinded.  
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History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.941 Rescinded.  
History: 1979 AC; 2015 AACS.  
R 400.951 Declaratory rulings.  
Rule 51. (1) Upon receipt of a written request specifically asking that a declaratory  
ruling be issued by the department from an interested person or the agent of an  
interested person, as defined in section 5 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of  
1969, as amended, being S24.205 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the department  
director or person specifically delegated by the department director may issue a  
declaratory ruling as to the applicability to an actual state of facts of a statute  
administered by the department or of a rule or order of the department.  
(2) A request for a declaratory ruling shall contain all of the following  
information:  
(a) A clear, concise, and complete statement of the actual state of facts upon  
which a requested ruling is to be based.  
(b) The statute, rule, or order involved.  
(c) A precise statement of the legal question or issue asked.  
(d) The signature of the interested person making the request.  
(3) The requester may submit with the request a brief or other reference to legal  
authorities upon which the person believes the declaratory ruling should be based.  
(4) The request may be declined in any of the following situations:  
(a) The subject matter of a request is frivolous on its face.  
(b) The statement of actual facts or issues contained in a request is indefinite,  
incomplete, or lacks specificity.  
(c) The same, or substantially the same, actual state of facts or issue of law is under  
investigation or is, or has been, the subject of a current action, order, judgment, or  
decree initiated, pending against, or obtained by the department, the attorney general, or a  
prosecuting attorney.  
(5) If a department declines to issue  
a
declaratory ruling, the interested  
person making the request shall be given notice, in writing, within 45 working days of  
receipt of the request. The denial shall include the facts upon which the denial has been  
made.  
(6) If the department issues a declaratory ruling, it will be issued within 60  
working days and shall contain all of the following:  
(a) A statement or findings of fact.  
(b) Conclusions of law supported by legal authority or reasoned opinion.  
(c) The ruling or determination made.  
History: 1985 AACS.  
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