# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 01 — Procedures

### Chapter 06 — Fair Hearing Appeals under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

#### Regulation .08 Dismissal of Request for Hearing.

*COMAR 10.01.06.08*

The Department may dismiss a request for a fair hearing if:

A. It has been withdrawn in writing by the appellant or his representative;

B. The appellant or his representative fails, without good cause, to appear at the scheduled hearing;

C. The appellant or his representative does not respond within 10 days to a Department letter asking whether he wishes to withdraw his request for a fair hearing;

D. The request is not made within the time limits specified in Regulation .07, of this chapter; or

E. The appellant has been denied participation by a previous hearing and cannot provide evidence that circumstances relevant to program eligibility have changed in such a way as to justify a hearing.