Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) Upon receipt of the written report required by section 14-227b-10 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner shall send to the person who was arrested, by bulk certified mail, a written suspension notice informing such person that his Connecticut operator's license or privilege is suspended, the length of the suspension and the effective date of the suspension.
(b) The suspension notice shall also notify such person that he is entitled to a hearing as a matter of right before a hearing officer prior to the effective date of the suspension, and that the person or his attorney may schedule such hearing by mail, in person or by telephoning the Administrative Per Se Unit, Department of Motor Vehicles, Wethersfield, CT 06161-4010, at (860) 263-5204 or as included in such suspension notice. The suspension notice shall also inform the person clearly and in a conspicuous manner that the hearing shall be requested by the person or his attorney and the hearing request received by the department within seven days of the date of mailing of the suspension notice, and if not so requested the person's Connecticut operator's license or privilege shall be suspended automatically on the effective date. The suspension notice shall clearly specify the reasons and statutory grounds for the suspension. The final date for requesting the hearing shall appear on the suspension notice in a conspicuous place and shall be so labeled.
(c) In computing the seven days, calendar days shall be used unless the seventh day falls on a day when the department is not open to the public, in which case the seventh day shall be the next following full business day of the department.
(d) It shall be presumed that the person received the suspension notice if it was mailed by bulk certified mail as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-227b-12 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(Effective January 1, 1990; Amended September 3, 1997; Amended July 11, 2006)