(a) The committee of blind vendors consists of all blind persons in the vending facility program. The committee of vendors with disabilities consists of all persons with severe disabilities in the vending facility program who are not members of the committee of blind vendors.
(b) The division will conduct biennial elections of officers for the committee of blind vendors and the committee of vendors with disabilities.
(c) The division will forward the following items to each committee for its recommendations within 30 days after it receives the item:
(1) proposed policies for the transfer and promotion of licensees;
(2) proposed regulations affecting the vending facility program;
(3) proposed training and retraining programs; and
(4) potential sites for the establishment of vending facilities.
(d) At the written request of a licensee, filed within the division, the appropriate committee may represent the licensee during an administrative review and evidentiary hearing.