339.5501 Complaint; submission. Sec. 501. A complaint that alleges that a person has violated this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act shall be submitted to the department. The department of attorney general, the department, a board, or any other person may file a complaint. History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. […]
339.5503 Complaint; investigation of allegations; correspondence file; acknowledgement; complaint made by department. Sec. 503. If it receives a complaint, the department shall immediately begin an investigation of the allegations of the complaint and shall open a correspondence file. Within 15 days after it receives a complaint, the department shall make a written acknowledgment of the […]
339.5505 Investigation; petition to issue subpoena. Sec. 505. The department shall conduct the investigation required under section 503. In furtherance of that investigation, the department may request that the attorney general petition a circuit court of this state to issue a subpoena that requires a person to appear before the department and be examined with […]
339.5507 Investigation; report; closing of complaint; action. Sec. 507. (1) The investigative unit of the department, within 30 days after the department receives the complaint, shall report to the director on the results of the investigation. If, for good cause shown, an investigation cannot be completed within 30 days, the director may extend the time […]
339.5509 Summary suspension of license; order; affidavit; administrative proceedings; petition to dissolve order; hearing; granting request; exception; record. Sec. 509. (1) After an investigation is conducted, the department may issue an order summarily suspending a license issued under this act based on an affidavit by an individual who is familiar with the facts set forth […]
339.5511 Order to cease and desist; hearing; action to restrain and enjoin. Sec. 511. (1) After an investigation is conducted, the director may order a person to cease and desist from a violation of this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act. (2) A person that is ordered to cease […]
339.5513 Summary suspension order, cease and desist order, or injunctive relief; addition to other action. Sec. 513. A summary suspension order, cease and desist order, or injunctive relief issued or granted in relation to a license or permit issued under this act is in addition to and not in place of an informal conference under […]
339.5515 Formal complaint and notice; service; alternatives; informal conference; settlement; contested case hearing. Sec. 515. (1) After an investigation is conducted and a formal complaint is prepared, the department shall serve the formal complaint on the respondent and the complainant. At the same time, the department shall serve the respondent with a notice that describes […]
339.5517 Showing compliance with act, rule, or order in contested case hearing. Sec. 517. This act does not prevent a person against which a complaint is filed from showing compliance with this act, or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act, in a contested case hearing. History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. […]
339.5519 Hearing. Sec. 519. If an informal conference under section 515(3) is not held or does not result in a resolution of a complaint, the department shall hold a hearing as authorized under section 92 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, MCL 24.292. A member of a board may attend a hearing under this […]
339.5521 Subpoena. Sec. 521. The department or the department of the attorney general may petition a circuit court to issue a subpoena that requires the person subpoenaed to appear or testify or produce relevant documentary material for examination at a proceeding conducted under section 515 or 519. History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
339.5523 Determination of findings of fact and conclusions of law; hearing report. Sec. 523. (1) At the conclusion of a hearing conducted under section 519, the administrative law hearings examiner shall submit a determination of findings of fact and conclusions of law to the department and the department of the attorney general and the appropriate […]
339.5525 Assessment of penalties; determination; basis; transcript; time limits; issuance of final order; board member prohibited from participation in final determination. Sec. 525. (1) Within 60 days after a board receives an administrative law hearings examiner’s hearing report under section 523, the board shall meet and make a determination of the penalties to be assessed […]
339.5527 Petition; review. Sec. 527. A person that is seeking a license or renewal under this act may petition the department and the appropriate board for a review if that person does not receive a license or renewal. History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
339.5529 Petition; writing; reasons. Sec. 529. A petition submitted under section 527 shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons the petitioner believes that the department should issue the license or permit. History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
339.5531 Issuance of license based on review of qualifications. Sec. 531. The department may issue a license or renewal for an occupation regulated under this act, if, based on a review of the qualifications of the person that submitted a petition under section 527, the department and the appropriate board determine that the person could […]
339.5533 Decision to place limitation; petition to review; reply; removal of limitation. Sec. 533. (1) If a limitation is placed on a license or the renewal of a license under section 203 or 205, the licensee, within 30 days after the limitation is placed on the license or renewal of the license, may petition the […]
339.5535 Grievance under former act. Sec. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, if an oral or written grievance was lodged before the effective date of this act against a person that is licensed under a former act, the department shall conduct the proceedings on that grievance in the manner prescribed in the former […]
339.5537 Citation; issuance; conditions; contents; “employee of the department” defined. Sec. 537. (1) An employee of the department may issue a citation to a person that is licensed under this act or required to obtain a license under this act if the employee observes or deduces from an investigation, inspection, or complaint that conduct or […]
339.5539 Citation; notice of acceptance or denial of violation; signature; return; placement in records; force and effect as final order; disclosure; removal; explanation; statement; formal complaint. Sec. 539. (1) A respondent has 30 days to notify the department in writing that the person accepts the conditions described in a citation or that the person contests […]
