Terms Used In Michigan Laws 400.722a

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  The department may immediately suspend, revoke, modify, or refuse to renew a license or deny an application for a license without providing written notice of the grounds for the proposed action or giving the licensee or applicant 30 days to appeal if the licensee or applicant agrees in writing to do all of the following:
  (a) Waive the requirement that the department provide written notice of the grounds for the proposed action.
  (b) Waive the 30-day time frame in which to submit a written appeal to the proposed action.
  (c) Waive the right to a contested case hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.301 to 24.328.