If the hearing involves medical issues, such as those concerning a diagnosis, an examining physician’s report, or a Medical Review Team’s decision, and if the hearing official considers it necessary to have a medical assessment other than that of the individual involved in making the original decision, such a medical assessment must be obtained at agency expense and made part of the record.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “06/08/12”