If the recipient requests a hearing within the timely notice period, assistance will not be suspended, reduced, discontinued, or terminated (but is subject to recovery by the agency if its action is sustained on appeal) until a decision is reached after a fair hearing, unless the recipient specifically requests reduction or discontinuance, or:

1) The certification period of a food stamp household is expired; or

2) A determination is made by a hearing officer at a hearing and the food stamp household is promptly informed in writing that the sole issue is one of State or federal law or regulation and that a household's claim that the State agency improperly computed the benefits or misinterpreted or misapplied such law or regulation is invalid;

3) A change affecting a food stamp household's eligibility or benefit amount occurs while the hearing decision is pending and the recipient fails to request a hearing after the subsequent notice of adverse action;

4) A change affecting the individual's TANF or other grant occurs while the hearing decision is pending and the individual fails to request a hearing after notice of the change;

5) A mass change affecting a food stamp household's eligibility or basis of issuance occurs while the hearing decision is pending; or

6) A food stamp household specifically waives a continuation of benefits.