WAC 182-526-0020 Good cause

WAC 182-526-0020 Good cause.

Effective November 9, 2024

  1. Good cause is a substantial reason or legal justification allowing the administrative law judge (ALJ) to grant a party's request or to excuse their action or inaction, including granting a continuance or excusing a failure to appear at an administrative proceeding.
  2. To determine if there is good cause, the administrative law judge may consider the provisions of Superior Court Civil Rule 60 as a guideline. Good cause may include, but is not limited to, the following examples:
    1. The party who requested the hearing ignored a notice because the party was in the hospital or was otherwise prevented from responding; or
    2. The party who requested the hearing could not respond to the notice because it was written in a language that the party did not understand.
  3. For applicants and recipients with rights to adjudicative proceedings, good cause for failing to meet a hearing deadline is further addressed in RCW 74.09.741.
  4. The requestor bears the burden to show why a request should be granted or an action excused.

This is a reprint of the official rule as published by the Office of the Code Reviser. If there are previous versions of this rule, they can be found using the Legislative Search page.