Sec. 69-10.18. Withdrawal or abandonment of review request

(a) A request for review of a claim or prior approval request denial will be considered to have been withdrawn under the following circumstances:

(1) the fund administrator has received a written statement from the enrollee or the enrollee's authorized representative stating that the request for review is withdrawn; or

(2) the enrollee or the enrollee's authorized representative has made a statement withdrawing the request to the hearing officer on the record at the hearing.

(b) A request for review will be considered to have been abandoned if neither the enrollee nor the enrollee's authorized representative appears at the hearing unless the enrollee or the enrollee's authorized representative provides the fund administrator, within 30 days of the scheduled date of the hearing, a good cause explanation for such failure to appear.