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When the Board determines that there is cause for action to remove a member, it shall notify the member thus affected by certified mail, specifying causes for the same. Said notice shall summon the member to appear before the Board, which shall hold an administrative hearing within a term of not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the receipt of the notice.\nThe affected member may attend the hearing accompanied by an attorney and shall have the right to examine the evidence against him, to cross-examine witnesses and to submit evidence in his/her own behalf. The Board shall evaluate the evidence presented and shall issue its decision within a term of fifteen (15) days from the date of the administrative hearing and shall notify the affected party by certified mail within five (5) days from the date said decision is issued. Any decision of the Board to separate a member of a cooperative shall take effect on the date the affected member is notified of said decision. With respect to housing cooperatives, the provisions set forth in §§ 4584—4588 of this title shall apply.\nHistory —Sept. 1, 2004, No. 239, § 9.5.