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AAC 10.930(b), the director shall consider the committee’s recommendation and make a written recommendation that the commissioner grant or deny the variance request. (i) The commissioner will consider a recommendation made under (b), (c), (g), or (h) of this section and will issue a decision on the variance request within 30 days after receiving the recommendation. If the commissioner determines that the variance request does not provide enough information for the commissioner to make a determination, the commissioner may refer the matter back for a review by the full variance review committee. During any point in the process, the commissioner may seek additional information from the variance review committee or from the provider or applicant who requested the variance. (j) The commissioner will inform the provider or applicant in writing of the commissioner’s decision to grant or deny, with or without terms and conditions, a variance request. In the decision the commissioner will include the specific reasons for the denial and will advise that if the provider or applicant believes that the decision was made in error or that there was an error in the information the department relied on, or if the provider or applicant has new or additional factual information that could change the decision, the provider or applicant may request reconsideration of the variance decision under 7 AAC 10.950. A copy of the commissioner’s decision to grant or deny the request for a variance will be provided to the department office responsible for conducting background checks and to the oversight division. (k) In a variance granted under this section, the department will not identify the individual for whom the variance was requested, but will specify the barrier crime or condition for which the variance was granted. The department will set out the terms and conditions of the variance, and will include in the notification an expiration date, as applicable. For an applicant, the department will include in the notification a reference to the provisions of (m) of this section. (l) Unless the variance is a nontransferable variance issued under 7 AAC 10.930(f), a variance may be transferred with the approval of the department to another provider, except that a variance issued for employment or volunteering in a behavioral health services provider to which 7 AAC 70.010(a) applies may be transferred with the approval of the department only to another behavioral health services provider to which 7 AAC 70.010(a) applies. The new provider shall ensure that any conditions of the variance are followed. (m) A variance becomes immediately invalid without prior notice if the individual for whom the variance was granted

(1) ceases to be associated with a provider that requested the variance; or

(2) fails to become associated with a provider within 100 days after ceasing to be associated with a provider or receiving the notification under (j) and (k) of this section if the individual is an applicant described in 7 AAC 10.902. (n) The oversight division shall, in accordance with 7 AAC 10.945, immediately revoke a variance granted under this section if

(1) the oversight division determines that the variance was granted based on false information provided by the individual to whom the variance applies or by a provider that