Section 17-3326. CONDUCT OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL AT THE HEARING  


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    3326.1The parties at a hearing shall maintain decorum and good order at all time. A board may exclude or have removed from the hearing room any person violating an order of the chairperson of the board or the presiding official.

     

    3326.2A board may bar counsel from further participation in a hearing for disruptive conduct.

     

    3326.3If counsel has been barred from participating in a hearing, a board may proceed with the hearing if consistent with the due process rights of the parties. Otherwise, the board shall adjourn the hearing to give the party whose counsel has been barred an opportunity to secure new representation expeditiously.

     

    3326.4A counsel who has been barred from participating in a hearing may seek, and a board may grant, reinstatement to participate in the hearing on such terms as the board prescribes. The board shall not permit a reinstatement application to delay the proceedings.

     

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Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3488, 3508 (May 13, 1988).