OAR 137-003-0007: Agency Participation as Interested Agency or Party

(1) When an agency gives notice that it intends to hold a contested case hearing, it may also notify the parties that it intends to name any other agency that has an interest in the outcome of that proceeding as a party or as an interested agency, either on its own initiative or upon request by that other agency. (2) Each party shall have seven days from the date of personal service or mailing of the notice to file objections. (3) The agency decision to name an agency as a party of as an interested agency shall be by written order and served promptly on the parties and the named agency. (4) An agency named as a party or as an interested agency has the same procedural rights and shall be given the same notices as any party in the proceeding. An interested agency, unlike a party, has no right to judicial review. (5) An agency may not be named as a party under this rule without written authorization of the Attorney General.