NAC228.510. Failure of party to appear.

     1. If a party fails to appear at a hearing scheduled by the Committee and no continuance has been requested or granted, the Committee may hear the evidence of such witnesses as may have appeared and the Committee may proceed to consider the matter and dispose of it on the basis of the evidence before it.

     2. If, because of accident, sickness or other reasonable cause, a person fails to appear for a hearing scheduled by the Committee or fails to request a continuance, the person may, within a reasonable time not to exceed 15 days after the date of the hearing, apply to the Committee to reopen the proceedings. The Committee, upon finding sufficient cause, will immediately fix a new time and place for a hearing and give the respondent notice thereof. At the time and place fixed, a hearing must be held at which the respondent may testify in his or her own behalf or present such other evidence as may be beneficial to his or her cause.

     3. Witnesses who have previously testified are not required to appear at the second hearing unless so directed by the Committee.

     (Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R161-97, eff. 1-6-98; A by R213-99, 8-1-2000)