Issuance of Decision

(1) The division of certification shall review each officer's application for recertification and provide written notification of a decision on the application for recertification to the officer and the officer's employing agency and the head of the officer's collective bargaining unit in accordance with commission policy, or where there is no commission policy, a policy adopted by the executive director. (2) A decision that does not provide for full recertification shall be distinct from decertification and shall not implicate M.G.L. c. 6E, § 10. (3) If the decision provides for anything other than full recertification, the notification described in 555 CMR 7.07(1) shall also inform the officer of the ability to seek review by the executive director as provided for in 555 CMR 7.10(1) and a hearing as provided for in 555 CMR 1.10 and 555 CMR 7.10(2).