1. (a) The record in each contested case shall be maintained by the department in the custody of the commissioner and shall include the following:

   1. (1) any notices, petitions, applications, orders, decisions, motions, briefs, exhibits, and any other documents that have been filed with the department or issued by the department in written form;
   2. (2) all written evidence of any kind received and considered by the department;
   3. (3) a statement of any matters officially noticed by the commissioner including reference to prior decisions and orders of the commissioner;
   4. (4) any questions and offers of proof, together with any objections and rulings thereon during the course of the hearing;
   5. (5) any proposed finding of fact, proposed decisions, supporting memoranda, and exceptions that have been filed by any party;
   6. (6) any memoranda or data submitted by the department staff to the department in connection with the department's consideration of the case;
   7. (7) the transcript of the hearing. The department will not be required to set forth as a separate item any of the foregoing which may have been duplicated and incorporated in some other portion of the record.
2. (b) A copy of the record shall also be available at all reasonable times for examination by the public without cost.

(Effective September 6, 1973)