a. There shall be an appeals board within the bureau which shall consist of three or more senior hearing examiners, as the director shall determine.
b. An appeal from a judgment of any hearing officer shall be submitted to the appeals board, which shall have power to review the facts and the law, but shall not consider any evidence which was not presented to the hearing officer and shall have power to reverse or modify any judgment appealed from for error of fact or law.
c. A party aggrieved by the judgment of a hearing officer may obtain a review thereof by serving upon the bureau within thirty days of the entry of such judgment, a notice of appeal setting forth the reasons why the judgment should be reversed or modified.
d. Appeals shall be made without the appearance of the appellant unless requested by the appellant or the appeals board. Within ten days after a request for an appearance, made by the appellant or the board, the bureau shall advise the appellant, either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, of the date on which he or she shall appear. The appellant shall be notified in writing of the decision of the appeals board.
e. The service of a notice of appeal shall not stay the enforcement of a judgment appealed from unless the appellant shall have posted a bond in the amount of the judgment appealed from, at the time of, or before the service of such notice.