The authority for this Chapter is 5 M.R.S. §§9051 - 9064 and 5 M.R.S. §17451, which provide that an appeal under section 17451 is an adjudicatory proceeding subject to the Administrative Procedure Act and 5 M.R.S. §§17106- A, 17106-B.
94-411 C.M.R. ch. 702, § 2