The secretary shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the secretary, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application complies with the requirements of RCW 70.40.120 and is otherwise in conformity with the state plan, he or she shall approve such application and shall recommend and forward it to the surgeon general.
[ 2012 c 117 § 377; 1979 c 141 § 104; 1949 c 197 § 13; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6090-72.]