Part 26 - Hearing Procedures  


Subpart A - Hearings Before Hearing Officers
§ 26.1 - Purpose and scope.
Discovery
§ 26.17 - Prehearing conference.
§ 26.18 - Discovery.
§ 26.19 - Request for production of documents.
§ 26.20 - Depositions.
§ 26.21 - Written interrogatories.
§ 26.22 - Requests for admissions.
Representation of the Parties
§ 26.6 - Department representative.
§ 26.7 - Respondent's representative.
§ 26.8 - Standards of practice.
Hearings
§ 26.23 - Public nature and timing of hearings; transcripts.
§ 26.24 - Rules of evidence.
§ 26.25 - Hearing officer's determination and order.
Hearing Officer
§ 26.2 - Hearing officer, powers, and duties.
§ 26.3 - Ex parte communications.
§ 26.4 - Sanctions.
§ 26.5 - Disqualification of hearing officer.
Pleadings and Motions
§ 26.9 - Form and filing requirements.
§ 26.10 - Service.
§ 26.11 - Time computation.
§ 26.12 - Notice of administrative action.
§ 26.13 - Complaint.
§ 26.14 - Answer.
§ 26.15 - Amendments and supplemental pleadings.
§ 26.16 - Motions.
Secretarial Review
§ 26.26 - Review of determination of hearing officers.
§ 26.27 - Interlocutory rulings.
Subpart B - Hearings Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act
§ 26.28 - Purpose and scope.
§ 26.29 - Definitions.
§ 26.30 - Service and filing.
§ 26.31 - Time computations.
Discovery
§ 26.42 - Discovery.
§ 26.43 - Subpoenas.
§ 26.44 - Protective orders.
Parties
§ 26.36 - Parties to the hearing.
§ 26.37 - Separation of functions.
Prehearing Procedures
§ 26.38 - Commencement of action.
§ 26.39 - Prehearing conferences.
§ 26.40 - Motions.
§ 26.41 - Default.
Hearings
§ 26.45 - General.
§ 26.46 - Witnesses.
§ 26.47 - Evidence.
§ 26.48 - Posthearing briefs.
§ 26.49 - The record.
§ 26.50 - Initial decision.
§ 26.51 - Interlocutory rulings.
§ 26.52 - Appeal to the Secretary.
§ 26.53 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies.
§ 26.54 - Judicial review.
§ 26.55 - Collection of civil penalties and assessments.
§ 26.56 - Right to administrative offset.
Administrative Law Judge
§ 26.32 - Powers and duties of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).
§ 26.33 - Ex parte communications.
§ 26.34 - Sanctions.
§ 26.35 - Disqualification of ALJ.