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(3) A final decision on food stamp eligibility appeals shall be rendered and mailed to the parties within sixty (60) days of the date the appeal was filed. D. Administrative Disqualification Hearings (ADH) and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Hear- ings (1) Purpose The purpose of these hearings is to determine whether the client willfully intended to deceive the department and to impose a disqualification if such intent is found. (2) Procedure (a) A hearing can be requested by either the client or a claims worker or other authorized departmental representative when the client refuses to discuss the issue or declines to sign an Administrative Consent Agreement (‘‘ACA’’), wherein the client accepts the Department’s determi- nation of disqualification and agrees to reimburse the over issuance of benefits, if any. (b) The request shall conform to the requirements set forth in Section 114-130(B). (c) The hearing may take place in the client’s absence. (d) The hearing officer shall be the sole decision maker. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 7, eff July 28, 2000. 114–190. Food Services. A. Summer Food Service Program (1) Adverse Action An applicant or participant in the Summer Food Service Program may appeal the following: (a) a denial of an application for participation; (b) a denial of a sponsor’s request for an advance payment; (c) a denial of a sponsor’s claim for reimbursement, except for late submissions; (d) the Department’s refusal to forward to Food and Consumer Service, USDA, an exception request by the sponsor for payment of a late claim or a request for an upward adjustment to a claim; (e) a claim against a sponsor for remittance of a payment; (f) termination of the sponsor or a site; (g) a denial of a sponsor’s application for a site; (h) a denial of a food service management company’s application for registration; (i) the revocation of a food service management company’s registration. (2) Notice (a) The sponsor or food service management company shall be advised in writing of the grounds upon which the Department based the adverse action. (b) The notice, which shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall also state that the sponsor or food service management company has the right to appeal the Department’s action and shall state that such appeal must be made within the specified time. (3) Request for Review/Hearings (a) All requests to review an adverse action must be made in writing within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the notification of such action. (b) The petitioner shall be given an opportunity to refute the charges contained in the notice of action either in person or by filing written documentation with the hearing officer. Written documentation must be submitted by the petitioner within seven (7) days of submitting the request for review, must clearly identify the state action being appealed, and must include a photocopy of the notice of action issued by the Department. (c) A hearing shall be held in addition to, or in lieu of, a review of written information submitted by the petitioner only if the petitioner specifically requests a hearing in the written request for review. The decision shall be made by a three-member committee consisting of a