(1) The Board of Examiners adopts and incorporates by reference the following model rules relating to citizen participation, notice and hearing procedures, and declaratory rulings, which may be found at http://sos.mt.gov:

(a) the Attorney General's model procedural rules ARM 1.3.201, 1.3.202, 1.3.211 through 1.3.224, and 1.3.226 through 1.3.233, including, as applicable, the appendix of sample forms in effect April 11, 2016; and

(b) the Secretary of State's model rules ARM 1.3.101, 1.3.102, 1.3.301, 1.3.302, 1.3.304, 1.3.305, 1.3.307 through 1.3.309, and 1.3.311 through 1.3.313 in effect April 11, 2016. These rules define model requirements for rulemaking under the Montana Administrative Procedure Act.