SECTION 785:4-3-1. Conducting hearings

  The Board may hold hearings on any matter within the Board's jurisdiction. Hearings may be instituted and conducted where expressly required by law and where deemed necessary to the proper execution and discharge of any of the powers or duties conferred or imposed upon the Board by law. Hearings may be instituted by written application, petition, complaint (herein generally and collectively referred to as "application") or other similar request of an interested or aggrieved person or by the Board on its own motion.