<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:09:01:03 Answer to petition to initiate contested case.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:09:01:03"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:09:01:03 Answer to petition to initiate contested case."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>74:09:01:03.&nbsp;&nbsp;Answer to petition to initiate contested case.</b> Within 20 days after receipt of a petition for a contested case, all parties other than the department shall serve written answers. The answers shall be served on the petitioner, department, and other parties of record. The answers shall respond to the allegations in the petition and state the desired decision of the board. Failure to answer an allegation in a petition constitutes an admission of that fact. Further pleadings by parties in response to an answer are not required unless the chair of the hearing orders them for purposes of clarification of the issues involved in the contested case.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 14 SDR 50, effective October 4, 1987; 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-1-6">34A-1-6</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-6-1.6">34A-6-1.6</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-6-1.14">34A-6-1.14</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-11-9">34A-11-9</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=45-9-13">45-9-13.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-26-17">1-26-17</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-26-27">1-26-27</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-1-43">34A-1-43.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>