§ 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.