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ineligible for ATAP benefits during that individual’s period of disqualification, the department will impose the remaining months of that individual’s disqualification period at the time the assistance unit, or any other assistance unit with which the disqualified individual could be included, is determined eligible for ATAP benefits again. (i) A period of disqualification for an intentional program violation under this section is in addition to, and cannot be substituted for, any period an individual is ineligible for ATAP benefits for

(1) failure to assign child support rights as required by AS 47.27.040 and 7 AAC 45.240;

(2) failure to cooperate in obtaining child support as required by AS 47.27.040 and 7 AAC 45.245;

(3) failure to participate in work activities as required by AS 47.27.035 and 7 AAC 45.260;

(4) refusal of or voluntary separation from suitable employment as stated in AS 47.27.015(c); or

(5) failure to comply with a provision of the FSSP as required by AS 47.27.030. (j) For any month or months that an individual is ineligible for ATAP benefits for the reasons specified in (i) of this section, the intentional program violation disqualification period will be suspended and any month or months remaining in the disqualification period will be imposed after the ATAP ineligibility period is over. (k) When an action to disqualify an individual is taken, the department will notify the disqualified individual in writing. If the disqualified individual is not the caretaker relative, the notice will be sent to both the disqualified individual and the caretaker relative. The notice of disqualification will

(1) state the period of disqualification;

(2) state the date that the disqualification period begins;

(3) state that, for the duration of the disqualification period, the disqualified individual will not be considered when determining eligibility or calculating the ATAP payment to the assistance unit;

(4) state the amount of payment the remaining members of the assistance unit will receive for the first month of the individual’s disqualification period. (l) Any period for which a disqualification penalty is imposed will remain in effect, without possibility of an administrative stay, until the finding upon which the penalty was based is subsequently reversed by a court of appropriate jurisdiction; in no event will the duration of the period for which the penalty is imposed be subject to administrative review. (m) If an individual, disqualified in another state for an intentional program violation, moves