(a) There is created in the Department of Administration an independent office of administrative hearings under the direction of the chief administrative law judge. (b) The chief administrative law judge must (1) be a resident of the state; (2) have experience in administrative law; (3) be licensed to practice law in this state and have […]
(a) The chief administrative law judge shall (1) supervise the office; (2) employ administrative staff, who shall be in the classified service; (3) employ administrative law judges, who shall be in the partially exempt service; (4) preside over administrative hearings handled by the office or, based upon the qualifications and expertise of the administrative law […]
(a) The office shall conduct all adjudicative administrative hearings required under the following statutes or under regulations adopted to implement the statutes: (1) AS 04.11.510(b)(1) and (c) (alcoholic beverages license); (2) AS 05.15 (charitable gaming); (3) AS 05.20 (recreational devices); (4) AS 05.90.001 (special racing events); (5) AS 06 (banks, financial institutions, and fund claims), […]
(a) An administrative law judge must be admitted to practice law in this state and must have been admitted to practice in this state for at least two years before being employed or retained with the office. The chief administrative law judge shall establish additional qualifications for administrative law judges employed or retained by the […]
(a) An administrative law judge employed full time by the office or a hearing officer employed full time by an agency may not serve in any other judicial or quasi-judicial capacity or engage in the private practice of law. (b) The chief administrative law judge shall, subject to AS 39.52.920 and by regulation, adopt a […]
The office may enter into agreements for reimbursement for services related to an administrative hearing from a school district, municipality, or other governmental entity if the reimbursement is authorized by other law.
(a) The chief administrative law judge shall, by regulation, establish procedures for administrative hearings conducted by the office. Each administrative hearing under the jurisdiction of the office or that has been transferred to the office by an agency shall be conducted in accordance with statutes that apply to that hearing, including, if applicable, AS 44.62 […]
(a) The chief administrative law judge or an administrative law judge employed or retained by the office is disqualified from a case in which the administrative law judge cannot accord a fair and impartial hearing or for other reasons established in the code of hearing officer conduct. (b) A party may request the disqualification of […]
(a) All agencies shall cooperate with the chief administrative law judge and with other administrative law judges of the office in the matters involving the duties of the office. (b) Except as provided under AS 44.64.070 or by regulation adopted under this chapter, an agency may not select or reject a particular administrative law judge […]
(a) The office shall acquire and organize statistical and other information relating to administrative hearings of the office and of other agencies. The office shall acquire and organize copies of proposed and final agency decisions in administrative hearings and copies of court decisions resulting from those administrative hearings. The information and decisions shall be made […]
Federal requirements applicable to an administrative hearing prevail to the extent they conflict with any provision of AS 44.64.010 – 44.64.200.
In this chapter, (1) “administrative hearing” means a quasi-judicial hearing before an agency; it does not include an informal conference or review held by an agency before a final decision is issued or a rate-making proceeding or other nonadjudicative public hearing; (2) “administrative law judge” means a hearing officer who is retained or employed by […]
