Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 4017 - Hearing procedures(a) If a complaint is filed with the Council pursuant to § 8735 of Title 29, alleging violation of § 4016 of this title, the Council shall set a time and place to conduct a hearing on the complaint. Notice of the hearing shall be given and the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. (b) All hearings shall be informal without use of rules of evidence. If the Council finds, by a majority vote of all members, that the complaint has merit, the Council shall take such action permitted under this chapter, as it deems necessary. The Council's decision shall be in writing and shall include its reasons for such decision. The Council's decision shall be mailed immediately to the practitioner.(c) Where the practitioner is in disagreement with the action of the Council, the practitioner may appeal the Council's decision to the Superior Court within 30 days of service, or of the postmarked date of the copy of the decision mailed to the practitioner. Upon such appeal the Court shall hear the evidence on the record. Stays shall be granted in accordance with § 10144 of Title 29. 75 Del. Laws, c. 105, § 3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;