Arkansas State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers & Professional Surveyors v. Callicott

I strongly disagree with the majority’s decision to reverse and remand for the Board to make specific findings of fact and conclusions of law, as the findings and conclusions are sufficiently clear to determine the basis for the Board’s decision to revoke the surveyor’s license of Callicott.

The majority correctly states that the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires that an administrative adjudication be accompanied by specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-210 (Repl. 2014). The APA further states the following: 2(2) A final decision shall…