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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER 04 DHR 1373
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GHAZAELLEH ABDEL-KADER, )
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Petitioner, )
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v. ) PROPOSED DECISION )
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND )
HUMAN SERVICES, WIC, DIVISION OF )
PUBLIC HEALTH, )
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Respondent. )
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This matter came on for hearing before the undersigned administrative law judge on October 1, 2004, in Bolivia, North Carolina. Attorney Thomas S. Hicks represented the Petitioner, Ghazaelleh Abdel-Kader. Assistant Attorney General, Dana F. Barksdale, represented the Respondent. The Respondent presented three witnesses and introduced 11 exhibits. The Petitioner presented two witnesses.
ISSUE
Whether the Respondent was correct in issuing its intent to disqualify the Petitioner from doing business as a vendor in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (“WIC Program”) for a period of three years fo ...