| (a) In accordance with Occupations Code, §2301.154(c),
except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the director
is authorized to issue, where there has not been a decision on the
merits, a final order in a contested case, including, but not limited
to a contested case resolved:
(1) by settlement;
(2) by agreed order;
(3) by withdrawal of the complaint;
(4) by withdrawal of a protest;
(5) by dismissal for want of prosecution;
(6) by dismissal for want of jurisdiction;
(7) by summary judgment or summary disposition;
(8) by default judgment; or
(9) when a party waives opportunity for a contested
case hearing.
(b) In accordance with Occupations Code, §2301.154(c),
the director is authorized to issue a final order in a contested case
filed prior to January 1, 2014, under Occupations Code, §2301.204
or §§2301.601 - 2301.613.
(c) In a contested case in which the board has delegated
final order authority under subsections (a) or (b) of this section,
a motion for rehearing shall be filed with and decided by the final
order authority delegate.
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