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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.01.06.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="06" heading="Dismissal of Request for Hearing.">
  <text>The Department may dismiss a request for a fair hearing if:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>It has been withdrawn in writing by the appellant or his representative;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The appellant or his representative fails, without good cause, to appear at the scheduled hearing;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The request is not made within the time limits specified in Regulation .07, of this chapter; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>