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3. If the a/r has good cause, the hearing may be delayed up to 10 more calendar <br />days. A local appeal hearing may not be held more than 15 calendar days <br />after a request for a hearing is received. <br />C. Place <br />Hold the hearing in the county human services office unless the appellant is <br />bedfast or has great difficulty moving. In such cases, the hearing may be held <br />where the appellant lives. <br />D. Seeing the Record <br />Prior to and during the hearing, the appellant or his /her personal representative <br />may examine the contents of the case file together with portions of other public <br />assistance or social services case files that pertain to the appeal. He /she also may <br />examine all other documents and records to be used at the hearing. The appellant <br />or his /her representative may obtain copies of these materials without charge. <br />E. Summary <br />1. Prepare an original and two copies of a summary discussing the agency's <br />action and the reasons for that action. Cite the regulation substantiating that <br />action. Attach to the summary copies of pertinent documents. <br />2. Give the original to the hearing officer. Give one copy to the appellant. <br />Following the hearing, file the other copy in the record. <br />F. Attendance <br />Attendance at the hearing is limited to the appellant, his /her representative, <br />appropriate representatives of the county department, and any witnesses which the <br />appellant or the county wish to call upon for testimony. <br />G. Conducting the Hearing <br />1. The appellant and the county may be represented by attorneys or other <br />representatives obtained at their expense. <br />2. Hold the hearings before the county director or his /her designee, provided that <br />whoever hears the appeal was not involved directly in the initial decision, <br />which resulted in the appeal. <br />Attachment number 1 \n <br />F -3 Page 40 <br />