11 CAR § 25-110. Hearings before commission and administrative law judges

        11 CAR § 25-110. Hearings before commission and administrative law judges.

        (a) The Workers’ Compensation Commission may, in its discretion, postpone or recess hearings at the instance of either party or on its own motion.

        (b) No case set for hearing shall be postponed except by approval of the commission or administrative law judge.

        (c) In the event neither party appears at the initial hearing, the case may be dismissed by the commission or administrative law judge, and such dismissal order will become final unless an appeal is timely taken therefrom or a proper motion to reopen is filed with the commission within thirty (30) days from receipt of the order.

        (d) Upon meritorious application to the commission from either party in an action pending before the commission requesting that the claim be dismissed for want of prosecution, the commission may, upon reasonable notice to all parties, enter an order dismissing the claim for want of prosecution. 



	
		
		
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		<p class="csBD4C5ED5"><span class="csC7173355">        </span><span class="cs7D434CDE">11 CAR &sect; 25-110. Hearings before commission and administrative law judges.</span></p><p class="csBD4C5ED5"><span class="csC7173355">        (a) The Workers&rsquo; Compensation Commission may, in its discretion, postpone or recess hearings at the instance of either party or on its own motion. </span></p><p class="csBD4C5ED5"><span class="csC7173355">        (b) No case set for hearing shall be postponed except by approval of the commission or administrative law judge.</span></p><p class="csBD4C5ED5"><span class="csC7173355">        (c) In the event neither party appears at the initial hearing, the case may be dismissed by the commission or administrative law judge, and such dismissal order will become final unless an appeal is timely taken therefrom or a proper motion to reopen is filed with the commission within thirty (30) days from receipt of the order.</span></p><p class="csBD4C5ED5"><span class="csC7173355">        (d) Upon meritorious application to the commission from either party in an action pending before the commission requesting that the claim be dismissed for want of prosecution, the commission may, upon reasonable notice to all parties, enter an order dismissing the claim for want of prosecution. </span></p>
This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows:

"(Effective March 1, 1982)"
Arkansas Code § 11-9-207