Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Section 131.22 - Special actions(a) In cases where the Department chooses or is required to take or request action after hearing or an opportunity for a hearing, it may initiate or request the action by filing a verified complaint or petition with the Secretary and serve a copy of the complaint or petition, together with any order to show cause issued by the Secretary, upon the person against whom it is directed.(b) Within 15 days from the date of service of the complaint, petition or order, the person against whom it is directed shall file with the Secretary a verified answer responding to the allegations in the complaint, petition or order and setting forth whether a hearing is desired. Allegations in the complaint, petition or order which are not specifically denied shall be deemed to have been admitted. Failure to file an answer or to specifically deny the essential allegations of the complaint, petition or order which are not specifically denied shall be deemed to have been admitted. Failure to file an answer or to specifically deny the essential allegations of the complaint, petition or order shall constitute a sufficient basis for the entry of a default order or adjudication.(c) Subsections (a) and (b) supplement 1 Pa. Code § §35.14 and 35.37 (relating to orders to show cause; and answers to orders to show cause).The provisions of this §131.22 adopted April 14, 1972, effective 4/15/1972, 2 Pa.B. 664.