(a) Following a county clerk's denial of registration or renewal of registration as a legal document assistant pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 6406 of the Business and Professions Code, an applicant who wishes the director to review the denial shall submit the following documents to the director at the department's headquarters: (1) the application that the applicant submitted to the county clerk and (2) the county clerk's notice specifying the reasons for the denial of registration or renewal of registration.

(b) The applicant also shall submit to the director a certified copy of:

(c) The applicant also shall submit to the director a certified copy of the order disbarring or suspending the applicant from the practice of law if a disbarment or suspension is disclosed in the applicant's application or is cited in the county clerk's notice of denial.

(d) The applicant also may submit any other relevant written information that the applicant wishes the director to consider.

(e) The applicant's request for review shall not be deemed to be submitted under section 3940 until the director has received at the department's headquarters all of the documents required by subdivision (a) and all of the documents as required by subdivisions (b) and (c).