Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-14-504 - Failure to Appear; Default; Reopening

A. If the individual suspected of the IPV fails to appear at the Administrative Disqualification Hearing without good cause, the hearing officer shall conduct the hearing.

B. The hearing officer shall not conduct the hearing if the individual suspected of the IPV notifies the Office of Appeals before the hearing that the individual cannot attend the hearing because of good cause and still desires a hearing. Good cause includes circumstances beyond the household's reasonable control such as illness, illness of another household member requiring the presence of the adult member, or a household emergency.

C. An individual suspected of the IPV who did not appear at the hearing may file a request to reopen the Administrative Disqualification Hearing. The request shall be in writing and shall demonstrate good cause for the party's failure to appear.

1. The individual suspected of the IPV has 30 days after the date of the written notice of the hearing decision to file a request to reopen the Administrative Disqualification Hearing if the individual did not receive a hearing notice.

2. In all other instances, the individual suspected of the IPV has 10 days from the hearing date to show good cause why the individual failed to appear.

D. The hearing officer shall review the good cause reason submitted by the individual suspected of the IPV and unless the hearing officer can grant or deny the request based on the information provided, shall set the matter for a hearing to determine whether the individual suspected of the IPV had good cause for failing to appear.

E. If the hearing officer finds that the individual suspected of the IPV had good cause for failure to appear, the previous decision shall be vacated and the hearing officer shall reopen the Administrative Disqualification Hearing and schedule a new hearing with notice to all parties. The hearing officer must enter the good cause decision on the record.

F. Good cause, for the purpose of reopening an Administrative Disqualification Hearing, is established if the failure to appear at the hearing and the failure to timely notify the hearing officer were beyond the reasonable control of the individual suspected of the IPV. Good cause also exists when the individual suspected of the IPV demonstrates excusable neglect for both the failure to appear and the failure to timely notify the hearing officer. "Excusable neglect" means an action involving an error such as might be made by a reasonably prudent person who attempts to handle a matter in a prompt and diligent fashion.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-14-504

R6-14-504 recodified from A.A.C. R6-3-2304 effective February 13, 1996 (Supp. 96-1). Section expired under A.R.S. §1056(E) at 11 A.A.R. 1450, effective February 28, 2005 (Supp. 05-1). New Section made by emergency rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2081, effective July 6, 2018 for 180 days (Supp. 18-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 263, effective 1/21/2020.