RSA 21-P:13 Bureau of Hearings.

I. There is established within the department the bureau of hearings under the supervision of an administrator of hearings, who shall be directly responsible to the assistant commissioner, and who shall be a classified employee.
II. The bureau of hearings shall be responsible for holding all adjudicative hearings on behalf of the commissioner of safety or any division of the department. The bureau of hearings shall have authority to take disciplinary action in the name of such division against any holder of a license, permit, or registration issued by such division in accordance with law.
II-a. Unless otherwise provided by law, all appeals of a decision of the commissioner of safety or the bureau of hearings shall be pursuant to RSA 541.
III. The commissioner of sa