23 CAR § 43-209. Time limit for orders following hearing

(a) The time limit upon the State Insurance Department for the issuance of an order following an adjudicative hearing shall follow the requirement in Arkansas Code § 23-61-306(b) that states an order must be entered within thirty (30) days from the termination of the hearing or any rehearing thereon. (b) The Insurance Commissioner or hearing officer may keep the adjudicative hearing record open to receive items requested by the hearing officer after a hearing, and, therefore, the hearing shall be considered terminated when the record actually closes for purposes of the thirty-day period under this section. (c)(1) Pursuant to Arkansas Code §§ 23-61-306 and 25-15-210, the commissioner shall mail a copy of the order to the same persons given notice of the hearing and to all parties of the hearing with the content of the order complying with 23 CAR § 43-212. (2) A party may agree in advance to accept receipt or delivery of the order by electronic means. (d) In the absence of statutory language explicitly referencing the time periods to be calculated upon working days, the order shall be issued on the basis of calendar days.