(1) If the director sanctions, suspends, or revokes an officer's POST certification pursuant to ARM 23.13.703(9) and the officer receives a notice of agency action, then the officer has the right to request a formal contested case proceeding under MAPA, to include a hearing, pursuant to 44-4-403(3), MCA.

(2) The proceedings and hearing can only be initiated by a request from the officer whose certificate was sanctioned, suspended, or revoked, and not by any other person or entity.

(3) To request a hearing, the officer must follow the instructions contained in the "notice of agency action" and notify the appropriate individual or the director that the officer requests a hearing within 30 days of the officer receiving the notice of agency action.

(4) Failure to notify and request a hearing within 30 days of receiving the notice of agency action will constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing.