R 257.304 Hearing conducted with communication equipment.

Rule 4. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, the administrator or the hearing officer may direct that a hearing or a portion of a hearing be conducted by means of communication equipment and the hearing may be scheduled accordingly. (2) For an appeal hearing conducted using communication equipment, before the division schedules a hearing, the petitioner shall submit all documentary evidence to be considered by the hearing officer to the division office in Lansing. The petitioner shall verify, in writing, that all documentary evidence has been submitted to the division before the hearing is scheduled. For good cause shown, the hearing officer may permit additional evidence to be submitted, but may decline to receive any additional evidence at or following the hearing.