§ 36-313. Requirements for orders and notices - Final agency action - Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act.
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A. Orders and notices of the Insurance Commissioner shall be in writing and shall be signed by either the Commissioner, an authorized employee of the Insurance Department, or an independent hearing examiner. A final order signed by an independent hearing examiner, after hearing, shall be final agency action, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 311 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. In the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties enumerated in this title, the Commissioner shall comply with the procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. Any conflict between the provisions of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes and of this title shall be resolved in favor of the provisions of this title.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 222, § 313, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 175, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 264, § 6, eff. July 1, 2006.