The license to participate in the program is issued for an indefinite period of time. However, the vendor's license and vendor's agreement with the department may be terminated after a thirty-day notice and/or after affording the vendor or licensee an opportunity for a full evidentiary hearing if the department finds that the vending facility is not being operated in accordance with its rules, the terms and conditions of the permit or contract, or the terms and conditions of the agreement between the vendor and the department. Following the completion of the thirty-day notice the vendor's license will be terminated and the vendor's agreement shall be terminated pending completion of the full evidentiary hearing process, the convening of any ad hoc arbitration panel and court review. Following termination of the vendor's agreement the department will operate the vending facility until any grievance procedure is completed. The net profit from the operation of the vending facility during this time will be placed in trust in the business enterprises revolving fund for disbursement in accordance with any final decision of the grievance process.
[Statutory Authority: 1983 c 194 § 18. WSR 84-01-043 (Order 83-09), § 67-35-420, filed 12/15/83. Formerly WAC 67-32-420.]