Section 14-44-7 - Refusal or suspension of endorsement. Request for and conduct of hearing(a) Any person whose original application or renewal of an endorsement to transport students or passengers is refused may request a hearing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Such hearing shall be requested, in writing, within twenty days. Prior to the assignment of a hearing date the commissioner or his designee shall, within ten days of the receipt of such request for hearing, conduct an administrative review of the applicant's records and file to determine whether circumstances justified the issuance or renewal of the endorsement. In the event that the review does not reveal such circumstances and the endorsement is not issued or renewed, a hearing will be scheduled at the earliest available date.(b) In any hearing held pursuant to this section or Section 14-44-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the commissioner or the commissioner's designated hearing officer, appointed in accordance with Section 14-4a of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall in rendering any final agency decision and order, be authorized to make such exceptions to the standards and requirements set forth in Sections 14-44-4 and 14-44-5 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or to impose such conditions in the granting or on the continued holding of an endorsement, as the testimony and evidence in the entire record and the needs of equity and justice require.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-44-7
Adopted effective September 8, 2003