PURPOSE: This rule combines provisions formerly found in separate regulations.

1. (1) The commission may impose a sanction on any party for conduct including, without limitation, such party’s failure to:

   1. (A) Comply with any order or rule of the commission, including failure to file an answer;
   2. (B) Appear at any hearing; or
   3. (C) Apprise the commission of a current mailing address.

2. (2) Sanctions available under this rule include without limitation:

   1. (A) Striking all or any part of the party’s pleading;
   2. (B) Deeming all or any part of an opposing party’s pleading admitted;
   3. (C) Barring or striking all or any evidence on any issue; or
   4. (D) Dismissing the case.
3. (3) The commission shall determine whether to impose any sanction, and the appropriate degree of such sanction, based on the facts of each case.

AUTHORITY: section 621.198, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed June 3, 2002, effective Nov. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2016, effective March 30, 2017.

*Original authority: 621.198, RSMo 1965, amended 1978, 2001.