661—291.3 (100B) Determination. After receiving an application for benefits from the volunteer emergency services provider death benefit program, the fire marshal shall make a determination as to whether or not the application meets the requirements for payment of benefits. The fire marshal may require the beneficiary or the chief or responsible supervisory official who has certified that the death is a line-of-duty death to submit any additional information that the fire marshal deems material to making the determination. If the determination is that the requirements for payment of benefits have been met, the fire marshal shall so notify the beneficiary or cobeneficiaries and shall request that the department of revenue issue a warrant payable to the beneficiary in the amount of the lump-sum payment provided or, if there are cobeneficiaries, that the department of revenue issue warrants in equal shares of the lump-sum amount payable to each of the cobeneficiaries.
	 291.3(1) Denial and notification. If the fire marshal determines that the eligibility criteria have not been met, the fire marshal shall notify in writing the beneficiary or cobeneficiaries and the chief or responsible supervisory official who certified that the death occurred in the line of duty of the determination and of the reason or reasons for the denial.
	 291.3(2) Appeals. If an application for payment from the volunteer emergency services provider program is denied, the beneficiary or any cobeneficiary may appeal that decision to the commissioner of public safety by filing an appeal in writing to the commissioner of public safety within 30 days of the date of the denial of the application by the fire marshal. Appeals shall be processed in accordance with contested case procedures specified in 661—Chapter 10.