{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-640-180","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-640-180","heading":"Informal conferences and formal hearings","body":"A.  An informal  conference or consultation proceeding is a meeting  held in conformance with §  2.2-4019 of the Code of Virginia. The department shall ascertain the fact basis for its decisions of cases through informal conference or consultation proceedings unless the named party and the department consent to waive such a conference or proceeding to go directly to a formal hearing.\n\nB.  The adjudicatory hearing is a formal, public adjudicatory proceeding  held in conformance with §  2.2-4020 of the Code of Virginia. The commissioner may afford opportunity for an adjudicatory hearing in any case to the extent that informal procedures under § 2.2-4019 and subsection A of this section  have failed to dispose of a case by consent.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 640. Alternative Discharging Sewage Treatment Regulations for Individual Single Family Dwellings","Part II. Procedures"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter640/section180/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:49Z","sha256":"c77d78d32b0a8e151f8cca5bfc289efec74d014d8e6f6e6ce5afc2143563a6b0","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-640-170","next":"us-va/12vac5-640-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}