Section 17-659-27 - Financial assistance disqualification and exclusion for failure to comply with program requirements(a) All applicant assistance units who fail to comply with the requirements and conditions of this chapter shall be denied assistance.(b) When the application includes an adult member who fails to meet the work requirements of section 17-659-16, the adult member shall be disqualified and the remaining member of the assistance unit shall not be disqualified if the assistance unit was formed after the failure to meet the requirement occurred.(c) A recipient who refuses or fails to comply with any of the requirements or conditions set forth in this chapter shall be disqualified and excluded from receiving assistance. (1) The failure of one member of the recipient assistance unit to comply with the requirements or conditions of this chapter shall exclude the entire assistance unit from the program except as specified in paragraph (2);(2) When the member is disqualified for not meeting the work requirements of section 17-659-16: (A) The member who failed to meet the work requirement shall be disqualified; and(B) The remaining member of the assistance unit shall be disqualified unless the assistance unit was formed after the failure to meet the work requirement occurred.[Eff 3/19/93; am 3/14/94; am 5/18/96; am 9/26/97; am 7/16/99; am 5/31/02; comp 3/27/09] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-71)