- a) If the vendor or alternate payee, without good cause, fails to appear at a hearing or formal conference scheduled by the Department, or fails to proceed at a hearing, the Department's action or decision and the grounds asserted as the basis therefor shall be a final and binding administrative determination.
- b) If the Department fails, without good cause, to appear at the hearing or formal conference, or fails to proceed at a hearing, the Department's action shall be dismissed.
(Source: Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 2388, effective January 19, 2007)