The rules of practice set forth the procedure to be followed by the commissioner in the disposition of requests for declaratory rulings as to the validity of any regulation, or the applicability to specified circumstances of any statutory provision, regulation or final decision of the commissioner on a matter within the jurisdiction of the agency in accordance with section 4-176 of the Connecticut General Statutes. A ruling of the commissioner disposing of a petition for a declaratory ruling shall have the same status as any decision or order of the commissioner in a contested case.
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 36a-1-83