Section Ve-H 214.02 - Failure of a Party Not Having the Overall Burden of Proof to Participate in the Hearing(a) The board shall receive and evaluate the testimony and other evidence of all other parties and intervenors if a party who does not have the overall burden of proof, having been given notice in accordance with Ve-H 207.01:(1) Failed to move for a delay in, or continuance of, the hearing date; and(2) Failed to participate in the hearing.(b) The board shall accept testimony and other evidence on the motion of such a party if: (1) The motion for acceptance of testimony or other evidence is submitted within 7 calendar days of the original hearing date; and(2) The board determines that the failure to participate in the hearing on the originally scheduled date was the result of accident, injury, illness, death of a family member or other circumstance beyond the party's control.N.H. Admin. Code § Ve-H 214.02