§ 160-w. Hearing and judicial review. 1. The hearing on the charges shall be at a time and place prescribed by the department.

2. If the department determined that a state certified or licensed real estate appraiser or licensed real estate appraiser assistant is guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this article, it shall prepare a finding of fact and recommend that such appraiser be reprimanded or that his or her certification or license be suspended or revoked. The decision and order of the department shall be final.

3. Any final decision or order of the department in certifying or denying certification or in recertification, or in licensing, denying license, or in renewal of a license, under this article or in revoking or suspending such certification or license or imposing any fine or reprimand on the holder of such certification or license shall be subject to review by a proceeding brought under and pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules at the insistence of the applicant for such certification, the holder of the certificate or license so revoked or suspended or the person fined, reprimanded or otherwise aggrieved.