A claimant or an authorized representative may request a fair hearing verbally or in writing. Where a Recipient requests a hearing to challenge a Discontinuance, the Recipient shall make the hearing request within three business days of the effective date of the Discontinuance. Where an Applicant or Recipient requests a hearing to challenge any agency action other than a Discontinuance, including but not limited to Decreases and Denials, the Applicant/Recipient shall make the hearing request within ten calendar days of the effective date of the agency action. If no written request for a hearing is either delivered to the Department or postmarked within that period and no verbal request is made within that period, no hearing shall be granted except in cases of verified hospitalization, verified illness, verified incarceration, verified disability, or other good cause satisfactorily shown to the Executive Director.
(As Sec. 20.60.2, amended by Ord. 212-80, App. 5/16/80; Ord. 152-98, App. 5/8/98; redesignated as Sec. 20.7-47 and amended by Ord. 153-16, File No. 160636, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016, Oper. 1/1/2017)