SDCL § 1-26D-10: Request for appointment of another hearing examiner in contested cases.

Within ten days after written notification to the parties of the appointment of a hearing examiner in any contested case, any party to that contested case may file an affidavit requesting the appointment of another hearing examiner. The chief hearing examiner shall then appoint another hearing examiner to hear that contested case. Each party may file only one such affidavit in any contested case.