(a) Appeals from denial of compensation under the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program or imposition of a penalty pursuant to § 31-49r, appeals from the decisions of the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act, appeals from decisions of the employment security appeals referees to the board of review, and appeals from decisions of the Employment Security Board of Review to the courts, as is provided in chapter 567, and appeals from the Commissioner of Revenue Services to the courts, as provided in chapters 207 to 212a, inclusive, 214, 214a, 217, 218a, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228b, 228c, 228d, 228e and 229 and appeals from decisions of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to sections 12-242hh, 12-242ii and 12-242kk, are excepted from the provisions of this chapter.

(b) (1) In the case of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of chapter 567 and provisions of the general statutes relating to limitations of periods of time, procedures for filing appeals, or jurisdiction or venue of any court or tribunal governing unemployment compensation, employment security, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program or manpower appeals, the provisions of the law governing unemployment compensation, employment security, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program and manpower appeals shall prevail.

(2) In the case of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of sections 8-37gg, 8-345 and 8-346a relating to administrative hearings, the provisions of sections 8-37gg, 8-345 and 8-346a shall prevail.

(c) The Employment Security Division, the Labor Commissioner or said commissioner’s designee with respect to the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, the Board of Mediation and Arbitration of the state Labor Department, the Office of the Claims Commissioner, and the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner are exempt from the provisions of § 4-176e and sections 4-177 to 4-183, inclusive.

(d) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply: (1) To procedures followed or actions taken concerning the lower Connecticut River conservation zone described in chapter 477a and the upper Connecticut River conservation zone described in chapter 477c, (2) to the administrative determinations authorized by § 32-9r concerning manufacturing facilities in distressed municipalities, (3) to the rules made pursuant to § 9-436 for use of paper ballots and (4) to guidelines established under § 22a-227 for development of a municipal solid waste management plan.

(e) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the Board of Regents for Higher Education in the manner described in § 10a-7 and to the Department of Correction in the manner described in § 18-78a.

(f) The provisions of § 4-183 shall apply to the Psychiatric Security Review Board in the manner described in § 17a-597, and to appeals from the condemnation of a herd by the Commissioner of Agriculture in the manner described in § 22-288a.

(g) The provisions of § 4-183 shall apply to special education appeals taken pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (d) of § 10-76h, in the manner described therein. The final decision rendered in the special education hearings pursuant to § 10-76h shall be exempt from the provisions of § 4-181a.

(h) The Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and the Municipal Liability Trust Fund Committee are not agencies for the purposes of this chapter.

(i) Guidelines, criteria and procedures adopted pursuant to § 10a-225 by the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted under § 22a-227 shall not be construed as regulations under this chapter.

(j) The Judicial Review Council is exempt from the provisions of sections 4-175 to 4-185, inclusive.