When the head of household who is a required work registrant has quit a job of at least 20 hours a week or the equivalent of the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours, without good cause, the actions described in this Section are taken.

• (1) Applicant household.  The worker denies the application and imposes the sanction for 90 calendar days starting from the date of quit or until eligibility is reestablished.
• (2) Participating household.  Within ten calendar days after the worker determines a voluntary quit occurred, the worker closes the food benefits giving advance notice.
• (A) The disqualification period runs continuously for three months beginning with the month the adverse action is effective or until eligibility is reestablished.
• (B) A household is regarded as a participating household when the worker discovers, after certification, a voluntary quit which occurred 60 calendar days prior to the application for benefits or in the time between application and certification.  The period of disqualification is for three months or until eligibility is reestablished.
• (3) Households with special circumstances.
• (A) Voluntary quit occurs or is discovered in the last month of certification.  When a voluntary quit occurs or is discovered in the last month of a certification period, the worker denies recertification for the household for a period of 90 days.  The 90 days begin the day after the last certification period ends or until eligibility is reestablished.  If such a household does not reapply for food benefits by the end of the certification period, an overpayment claim is established for the benefits received by the household for up to 90 days.
• (i) The 90 days begin the first of the month after the month in which the voluntary quit occurred.
• (ii) If there are fewer than 90 days from the first month after the month in which the voluntary quit occurred to the end of the certification period, an overpayment claim is imposed.  The household remains ineligible for a prorated number of days with the end result being an overpayment claim is established or the household is ineligible for a full 90 day period or until eligibility is reestablished.
• (B) Fair hearings.  Each household has a right to a fair hearing to appeal a denial or termination of benefits due to a voluntary quit determination.  If the participating household's benefits are continued pending a fair hearing and the hearing decision upholds the voluntary quit determination, the disqualification period begins the first month after the hearing decision is rendered.
• (C) Changing households.  Persons disqualified for quitting a job as head of one household carry their disqualification with them if they join a new household as its head.  The new household is disqualified.
• (i) When the new household has already selected an adult parent as its head of household, a noncompliant head of household cannot be designated as head of household by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services unless the new household elected to designate such a person as its head.  The new household remains ineligible for the remainder of the disqualification period unless the person who causes the disqualification ends it in a manner prescribed in OAC 340:50-5-95.
• (ii) If a person who voluntarily quit joins a new household and is not the household head, the disqualification is terminated.