Sec. 44.64.200. Definitions.

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In this chapter,

(1)“administrative hearing” means a quasi-judicial hearing before an agency; it does not include an informal conference or review held by an agency before a final decision is issued or a rate-making proceeding or other nonadjudicative public hearing;

(2)“administrative law judge” means a hearing officer who is retained or employed by the office;

(3)“agency” means an agency of the executive branch of state government, including an officer, a division, or another subunit of an agency, a board or commission, a public corporation, and the University of Alaska;

(4)“hearing officer” means an individual who presides over the conduct of an administrative hearing and who is retained or employed by an agency for that purpose;

(5)“office” means the office of administrative hearings established in AS 44.64.010 .