OAR 839-050-0060: Charging Documents

(1) A charging document will contain: (a) A reference to the particular statutes or administrative rules involved in the alleged violation; (b) A short and concise statement of the matters that constitute the alleged violation; and (c) A statement of the remedies sought, the statutes or rules involved and, when appropriate, the penalty sought. (2) A charging document may contain statements that: (a) When a party fails to timely request a hearing, or having made a timely request subsequently withdraws it, the Agency file will be the evidentiary record of the proceeding; (b) When a party files an answer and a request for hearing (when required), and subsequently notifies the Agency that it will not appear at the hearing, or, without such notice, the party fails to appear at the hearing, the Agency's file may become part of the contested case record; and (c) A statement that when a party fails to answer a charging document, the Agency file will automatically become the contested case record, or part thereof, upon default for the purpose of proving a prima facie case.