OAR 137-003-0540: Agency Participation as Interested Agency or Party

(1) At any time after an agency refers a contested case to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the agency 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 calendar days from the date of service of the notice to file objections. The agency may establish a shorter or longer period of time for filing objections. (3) The agency decision to name an agency as a party or as an interested agency shall be by written order and served promptly on the parties, the named agency and the Office of Administrative Hearings or assigned administrative law judge. (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.