Section 6-23-52 - Final decision(a) Where exceptions have been filed to the board's proposed decision, the board, within sixty days after the hearing on the exceptions, shall render its final decision. In rendering its final decision, the board shall consider the whole record or such portions thereof as may be cited by the parties, and shall resolve all questions of fact by what it deems to be the preponderance of the evidence. The final decision shall be in writing and shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the decision is based.(b) The final decision shall be personally delivered or mailed to the parties by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested. [Eff and comp NOV 26 2009] (Auth: HRS §§ 88-28, 91-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 91-2, 91-11, 91-12)