45-1009.

License; application; grant or denial; time allowed; abandoned application; department; powers.

(1) The department shall approve or deny every application for license under section 45-1008 within ninety days after the filing of an application, if the application is substantially complete and is accompanied by the required fees and the approved bond.

(2) If an applicant for a license under section 45-1008 does not complete the license application and fails to respond to a notice or notices from the department to correct the deficiency or deficiencies for a period of one hundred twenty days or more after the date the department sends the initial notice to correct the deficiency or deficiencies, the department may deem the application as abandoned and may issue a notice of abandonment of the application to the applicant in lieu of proceedings to deny the application.