NRS118B.216. Denial or termination of assistance: Notice; hearing; judicial review.

      1.  The Division shall notify an applicant for or recipient of assistance from the Fund of its decision to deny or terminate assistance by mailing to the applicant or recipient a notice of its decision by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the applicant or recipient. The notice must:

      (a) Specify the reasons for the denial or termination of assistance; and

      (b) Contain a statement informing the applicant or recipient that a hearing will be provided if a written request for a hearing is filed by the applicant or recipient within 20 days after the applicant or recipient receives the notice.

      2.  An applicant or recipient may, within 20 days after the applicant or recipient receives notice pursuant to subsection 1, file a written request for a hearing with the Division. If the Division does not receive a request for a hearing within 20 days after the applicant or recipient receives the notice pursuant to subsection 1, the Division’s decision becomes final and is not subject to judicial review.

      3.  If an applicant for or recipient of assistance requests a hearing within 20 days after the applicant or recipient receives notice pursuant to subsection 1, a hearing must be conducted before a hearing officer appointed by the Director of the Department of Business and Industry or a person designated by the Director within 60 days after receipt of the request. The Division shall notify the applicant or recipient of the time, place and date of the hearing. An applicant whose application for assistance has been denied has the burden of proving that the applicant is entitled to receive assistance. The Division has the burden of proving the grounds for terminating the assistance provided to a recipient.

      4.  The hearing officer shall issue a decision within 30 days after the hearing and mail a copy of the decision to the applicant or recipient. The decision of the hearing officer is a final decision for purposes of judicial review.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 848; A 1997, 121)