Consolidated Individual and Group Hearings

(A) BOH may respond to a series of individual requests for hearings by conducting a single group hearing. BOH may consolidate cases when: (1) the applicable state or federal law is common to all such cases; and (2) the issues of fact are undisputed, or are common to all such cases. (B) In all group hearings, the regulations governing individual hearings must be followed and each appellant must be permitted to present his or her own case or have the case presented by an appeal representative.