48. The committee, before requiring a broker or an agency executive officer to successfully complete a course or to take a training program and at least 15 days before the date set for the ruling, informs the broker or the executive officer of his or her right to submit written observations to the committee and send the committee the documents necessary to complete the file. The notice must also indicate the consequences of the ruling.
The committee may render a decision despite the absence of written observations or additional documents produced by the broker or the agency executive officer to complete the file.