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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 29 - Labor |
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Subtitle A - Office of the Secretary of Labor |
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Part 18 - Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges |
Part 18 - Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Hearings Before the Office of Administrative Law Judges
| Subpart A - General |
| § 18.1 - Scope of rules. |
| § 18.2 - Definitions. |
| § 18.3 - Service and filing of documents. |
| § 18.4 - Time computations. |
| § 18.5 - Responsive pleadings—answer and request for hearing. |
| § 18.6 - Motions and requests. |
| § 18.7 - Prehearing statements. |
| § 18.8 - Prehearing conferences. |
| § 18.9 - Consent order or settlement; settlement judge procedure. |
| § 18.18 - Written interrogatories to parties. |
| § 18.19 - Production of documents and other evidence; entry upon land for inspection and other purposes; and physical and mental examination. |
| § 18.25 - Designation of administrative law judge. |
| § 18.26 - Conduct of hearings. |
| § 18.27 - Notice of hearing. |
| § 18.28 - Continuances. |
| § 18.29 - Authority of administrative law judge. |
| § 18.37 - Hearing room conduct. |
| § 18.38 - Ex parte communications. |
| § 18.39 - Waiver of right to appear and failure to participate or to appear. |
| § 18.45 - Official notice. |
| § 18.46 - In camera and protective orders. |
| § 18.47 - Exhibits. |
| § 18.48 - Records in other proceedings. |
| § 18.49 - Designation of parts of documents. |
| § 18.58 - Appeals. |
| § 18.59 - Certification of official record. |
| Service, Format, and Timing of Filings and Other Papers |
| § 18.30 - Service and filing. |
| § 18.31 - Privacy protection for filings and exhibits. |
| § 18.32 - Computing and extending time. |
| § 18.33 - Motions and other papers. |
| § 18.34 - Format of papers filed. |
| § 18.35 - Signing motions and other papers; representations to the judge; sanctions. |
| § 18.36 - Amendments after referral to the Office of Administrative Law Judges. |
| Post Hearing |
| § 18.90 - Closing the record; subsequent motions. |
| § 18.91 - Post-hearing brief. |
| § 18.92 - Decision and order. |
| § 18.93 - Motion for reconsideration. |
| § 18.94 - Indicative ruling on a motion for relief that is barred by a pending petition for review. |
| § 18.95 - Review of decision and review by the Secretary. |
| General Provisions |
| § 18.10 - Scope and purpose. |
| § 18.11 - Definitions. |
| § 18.12 - Proceedings before administrative law judge. |
| § 18.13 - Settlement judge procedure. |
| § 18.14 - Ex parte communication. |
| § 18.15 - Substitution of administrative law judge. |
| § 18.16 - Disqualification. |
| § 18.17 - Legal assistance. |
| Prehearing Procedure |
| § 18.40 - Notice of hearing. |
| § 18.41 - Continuances and changes in place of hearing. |
| § 18.42 - Expedited proceedings. |
| § 18.43 - Consolidation; separate hearings. |
| § 18.44 - Prehearing conference. |
| Disclosure and Discovery |
| § 18.50 - General provisions governing disclosure and discovery. |
| § 18.51 - Discovery scope and limits. |
| § 18.52 - Protective orders. |
| § 18.53 - Supplementing disclosures and responses. |
| § 18.54 - Stipulations about discovery procedure. |
| § 18.55 - Using depositions at hearings. |
| § 18.56 - Subpoena. |
| § 18.57 - Failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in discovery; sanctions. |
| Disposition Without Hearing |
| § 18.70 - Motions for dispositive action. |
| § 18.71 - Approval of settlement or consent findings. |
| § 18.72 - Summary decision. |
| Parties and Representatives |
| § 18.20 - Parties to a proceeding. |
| § 18.21 - Party appearance and participation. |
| § 18.22 - Representatives. |
| § 18.23 - Disqualification of representatives. |
| § 18.24 - Briefs from amicus curiae. |
| Types of Discovery |
| § 18.60 - Interrogatories to parties. |
| § 18.61 - Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or entering onto land, for inspection and other purposes. |
| § 18.62 - Physical and mental examinations. |
| § 18.63 - Requests for admission. |
| § 18.64 - Depositions by oral examination. |
| § 18.65 - Depositions by written questions. |
| Hearing |
| § 18.80 - Prehearing statement. |
| § 18.81 - Formal hearing. |
| § 18.82 - Exhibits. |
| § 18.83 - Stipulations. |
| § 18.84 - Official notice. |
| § 18.85 - Privileged, sensitive, or classified material. |
| § 18.86 - Hearing room conduct. |
| § 18.87 - Standards of conduct. |
| § 18.88 - Transcript of proceedings. |
| Subpart B - Rules of Evidence |
| § 18.101 - Scope. |
| § 18.102 - Purpose and construction. |
| § 18.103 - Rulings on evidence. |
| § 18.104 - Preliminary questions. |
| § 18.105 - Limited admissibility. |
| § 18.106 - Remainder of or related writings or recorded statements. |
| Privileges |
| § 18.501 - General rule. |
| Relevancy and Its Limits |
| § 18.401 - Definition of relevant evidence. |
| § 18.402 - Relevant evidence generally admissible; irrelevant evidence inadmissible. |
| § 18.403 - Exclusion of relevant evidence on grounds of confusion or waste of time. |
| § 18.404 - Character evidence not admissible to prove conduct; exceptions; other crimes. |
| § 18.405 - Methods of proving character. |
| § 18.406 - Habit; routine practice. |
| § 18.407 - Subsequent remedial measures. |
| § 18.408 - Compromise and offers to compromise. |
| § 18.409 - Payment of medical and similar expenses. |
| § 18.410 - Inadmissibility of pleas, plea discussion, and related statements. |
| § 18.411 - Liability insurance. |
| Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs |
| § 18.1001 - Definitions. |
| § 18.1002 - Requirement of original. |
| § 18.1003 - Admissibility of duplicates. |
| § 18.1004 - Admissibility of other evidence of contents. |
| § 18.1005 - Public records. |
| § 18.1006 - Summaries. |
| § 18.1007 - Testimony or written admission of party. |
| § 18.1008 - Functions of the judge. |
| Applicability |
| § 18.1101 - Applicability of rules. |
| § 18.1102 - [Reserved] |
| § 18.1103 - Title. |
| § 18.1104 - Effective date. |
| Official Notice |
| § 18.201 - Official notice of adjudicative facts. |
| Witnesses |
| § 18.601 - General rule of competency. |
| § 18.602 - Lack of personal knowledge. |
| § 18.603 - Oath or affirmation. |
| § 18.604 - Interpreters. |
| § 18.605 - Competency of judge as witness. |
| § 18.606 - [Reserved] |
| § 18.607 - Who may impeach. |
| § 18.608 - Evidence of character and conduct of witness. |
| § 18.609 - Impeachment by evidence of conviction of crime. |
| § 18.610 - Religious beliefs or opinions. |
| § 18.611 - Mode and order of interrogation and presentation. |
| § 18.612 - Writing used to refresh memory. |
| § 18.613 - Prior statements of witnesses. |
| § 18.614 - Calling and interrogation of witnesses by judge. |
| § 18.615 - Exclusion of witnesses. |
| Authentication and Identification |
| § 18.901 - Requirement of authentication or identification. |
| § 18.902 - Self-authentication. |
| § 18.903 - Subscribing witness' testimony unnecessary. |
| Hearsay |
| § 18.801 - Definitions. |
| § 18.802 - Hearsay rule. |
| § 18.803 - Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant immaterial. |
| § 18.804 - Hearsay exceptions; declarant unavailable. |
| § 18.805 - Hearsay within hearsay. |
| § 18.806 - Attacking and supporting credibility of declarant. |
| Presumptions |
| § 18.301 - Presumptions in general. |
| § 18.302 - Applicability of state law. |
| Opinions and Expert Testimony |
| § 18.701 - Opinion testimony by lay witnesses. |
| § 18.702 - Testimony by experts. |
| § 18.703 - Bases of opinion testimony by experts. |
| § 18.704 - Opinion on ultimate issue. |
| § 18.705 - Disclosure of facts or data underlying expert opinion. |
| § 18.706 - Judge appointed experts. |
| Appendix to Subpart B - Reporter's Notes |
| Appendix to Subpart B of Part 18 - Reporter's Notes |