74:50:02:04Answer to petition to

initiate contested case. Within 30 days after the receipt of a petition an interested person shall serve a written answer on the petitioner, the department, and other parties of record. The answer shall respond to the allegations in the petition, assert any other relevant factors, and state the desired decision of the board or secretary. Failure to answer an allegation in a petition shall constitute an admission of that fact. Further pleadings by parties in response to an answer are not required unless ordered for purposes of clarification of the issues involved in the contested case.

Source: 14 SDR 86, effective December 24, 1987; transferred from § 74:03:13:03, July 1, 1996.