(a) Within five business days of board staff determining the board has jurisdiction under section 2151 or determining none of the circumstances in section 2154(b) apply, or within five business days of the board initiating an ad hoc administrative review under section 2152, the board shall notify registered victims of the board's pending review on the merits under section 2156 and provide an opportunity to submit a written statement.

(b) Responses to the board under this section must be in writing and postmarked or electronically stamped no later than 30 calendar days after the board issued the notification.

(c) A registered victim is any person who is registered as a victim with the department's Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services on the date board staff determined the board has jurisdiction under section 2151 of article 1, the date board staff determined none of the circumstances in section 2154(b) apply, or on the date the board initiated an ad hoc administrative review under section 2152.