Section 1-2206. HEARING PROCEDURE

 

2206.1Hearings on applications for exemption shall be held at such times and places as the Presiding Officer shall designate.

 

2206.2A quorum of the Board shall be present for the Board to hold a hearing.

 

2206.3The Presiding Officer shall have authority to do the following:

 

(a)Give notice of public hearings and hold public hearings;

 

(b)Regulate the course of hearings;

 

(c)Impose reasonable limitations upon the length of testimony;

 

(d)Assign exhibit numbers for all written, documentary and other tangible matters offered into evidence;

 

(e)Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;

 

(f)Call, examine and cross-examine witnesses and introduce into the record documentary or other evidence;

 

(g)Request the applicant or other party, at any time during the hearing, to state his or her position about any issue in the proceeding;

 

(h)Take any other action authorized by this chapter or necessary under this chapter; and

 

(i)Grant a waiver to the applicant after the thirty (30) day notice to the public regarding nature of application to the Board.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 5101, 5105 (July 1, 1988).