Section 20-101-200-200.05 - Disposition without full hearing(A) The Board of Review or the Appeals Department may make informal disposition of any adjudicatory proceeding by default when the appealing party or the party with the burden of proof fails to appear at the scheduled hearing. A party shall be deemed to have failed to timely appear at a hearing when the party fails to appear as provided in the notice of hearing, including calling an Appeals Department telephone number or providing in advance a telephone number as required by the notice of hearing, or by failing to be present at the telephone number provided by the party for ten (10) or more minutes past the scheduled start time of the hearing.(B) Any such default may be set-aside by the Board of Review or Appeals Department for good cause shown. The procedure for good cause hearings is as follows: (1) No later than fourteen (14) days after the date of the postal or electronic mailing of the decision, upon written request setting forth the reasons for failing to appear, the Appeals Department may provide a good cause hearing to a party that failed to appear at the hearing. If the Appeals Department determines that good cause exists, it will conduct a hearing on the underlying substantive issues. Similarly, upon written request setting forth the reasons for failing to appear at a hearing, the Board of Review may provide a good cause hearing to the appealing party. A hearing on the underlying substantive issues shall be conducted only if the Board of Review determines that good cause exists.(2) If it is decided that a party did not have good cause for nonappearance, no evidence will be taken on the substantive issues, and the decision previously made will remain unaffected and in force.20 Miss. Code. R. § 101-200-200.05