824 CONDUCT OF HEARINGS

824.1 Commission hearings shall be open to the public.

824.2 The Commission may exclude or order the removal of any participant in a hearing who becomes disruptive to the hearing process.

824.3 The Commission may bar a participant who has been excluded or removed from a hearing from participation in future hearings.

824.4 The Commission may continue a hearing if an applicant or a respondent, or a representative thereof, has been excluded or removed from the hearing in order to provide the respondent with an opportunity to obtain another representative, unless the applicant or respondent expressly waives a continuance.

824.5 Upon the request of either party, the Commission shall sequester witnesses who may testify at the hearing.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 9052 (December 4, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 8439 (October 23, 2009), incorporating by reference text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5622, 5640 (July 10, 2009).