ETF 11.03 Process and proceedings. ETF 11.04 Hearing examiner. ETF 11.06 Evidence at hearing. ETF 11.07 Informal disposition. ETF 11.08 Final disposition by hearing examiner. ETF 11.09 Proposed decision. ETF 11.10 Ex parte communications. ETF 11.105 Board member conflict of interest. ETF 11.11 Counsel for the board. ETF 11.12 Final decision. ETF 11.14 Petition for rehearing. ETF 11.15 Judicial review. ETF 11.16 Miscellaneous provisions. ETF 11.01(1)(1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a regular and uniform system of procedures and rules governing the review of appealable department determinations by the board responsible for the subject matter. This chapter interprets the provisions of ss. 227.44 to 227.48, 227.485, 227.49 and 227.50, Stats., concerning the conduct of proceedings, as those provisions apply to the deferred compensation board, group insurance board, teachers retirement board and Wisconsin retirement board and establishes rules for appeals to the employee trust funds board and its designees. Any appeal to a board of a determination made by the department shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter. ETF 11.01(2)(2) The deferred compensation board shall hear the timely appeal of a determination made by the department with respect to a right or benefit under the deferred compensation plan provided by ss. 40.80 to 40.82, Stats. This authority is delegated from the employee trust funds board under s. 40.03 (1) (L), Stats. ETF 11.01(3)(3) The group insurance board shall hear the timely appeal of a determination made by the department affecting any right or benefit under any group insurance plan provided under ch. 40, Stats. ETF 11.01(4)(4) The teachers retirement board shall hear the timely appeal of a determination made by the department regarding a disability annuity for a teachers participant, pursuant to s. 40.63 (5) and (9) (d), Stats. ETF 11.01(5)(5) The Wisconsin retirement board shall hear the timely appeal of a determination made by the department regarding a disability annuity for a participant other than a teacher, in accordance with s. 40.63 (5) and (9) (d), Stats. In addition, the department shall make the initial determination of the amount of a duty disability benefit and whether to terminate or reduce a benefit under s. 40.65 (3) or (5), Stats., and the Wisconsin retirement board shall hear the timely appeal of these determinations. ETF 11.01(6)(6) The employee trust funds board shall hear the timely appeal of any other determination made by the department. ETF 11.01(7)(7) Nothing in this section shall prevent the board responsible for hearing the subject matter of an appeal from delegating that responsibility to a hearing examiner. ETF 11.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92. ETF 11.02ETF 11.02 Definitions. Words, phrases and terms used in this chapter have the same meanings as set forth in s. 40.02, Stats., and s. ETF 10.01, except as defined in this chapter or where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. In this chapter: ETF 11.02(2)(2) “Administrative agent” means a person who has entered a contract with a board or the department to provide administrative services to a program administered by that board or the department under ch. 40, Stats. The term includes the administrative agent of the group insurance board or department who assists in the administration of a group insurance plan under ch. 40, Stats., for which the public employee trust fund is the insurer.