§ 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.