HAR §2-73-18. Dismissal of appeal

The director may issue a notice dismissing all or part of an appeal at any time for good reason, including but not limited to the following: (1) A prerequisite for filing an appeal under this chapter has not been met; (2) The appeal is determined to be frivolous; (3) The issues are beyond OIP's jurisdiction; 73-17 306 J .,, (4) No violation of the law can be found when viewing the issues in the light most favorable to the appellant; (5) The appellant requests that the appeal be dismissed; (6) The appeal has been abandoned by the appellant's failure to respond to OIP within twenty days after the date OIP sent the appellant a request for a response, or other circumstances indicate the appeal has been abandoned; (7) The same issues on appeal have been previously addressed in a published OIP decision; or (8) An OIP decision on the appeal would be advisory or moot. [Eff DEC 3 1 20121 (Auth: HRS §§92-1.5, 92F-42 (17)) (Imp: HRS §§92-1.5, 92F-15.5, 92F-27.5, 92F-42(17), (18), 231-19.5)