Where the request for continuance or postponement is based upon the payment of compensation and furnishing of medical aid, the resident reviewer or the prehearing officer may still maintain the setting where there is a showing of hardship on the part of the claimant.

The provisions of this §61.70 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective November 11, 1983, 8 TexReg 4497.