NAC644.495. Failure of party to appear.

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

     2. Where, because of accident, sickness or other reasonable cause, a person fails to appear for a hearing or request a continuance thereof, he may within a reasonable time, but not more than 15 days, apply to the Executive Director to reopen the proceedings. The Executive Director shall include the request on the agenda for the next scheduled meeting of the Board. Upon finding the cause sufficient and reasonable, the Board will set a new time and place for hearing and give the person notice thereof. Witnesses who have previously testified will not be required to appear at the second hearing unless so directed by the Board.

     [Bd. of Cosmetology, No. 8.2, eff. 12-3-80]—(NAC A by R092-06, 9-18-2006)