- (a) Hearings shall be conducted by a presiding officer designated by the board.
(b) The presiding officer shall as necessary:
- (1) Regulate and control the course of the hearing;
- (2) Facilitate settlement of the dispute that is the subject of the hearing;
- (3) Take into account the privileged communication provisions of RSA 328-C:9;
- (4) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (5) Request that the board obtain the approval of the attorney general for the issuance of subpoenas for witnesses and documents and issue such subpoenas;
- (6) Receive relevant evidence and exclude irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence;
- (7) Rule on procedural requests at the request of a party or intervenor or on the presiding officer's own motion;
- (8) Question anyone who testifies to the extent required to make a full and fair record;
- (9) Arrange for recording the hearing verbatim; and
- (10) Take any other action consistent with applicable statutes, rules and case law necessary to conduct the hearing and complete the record in a fair and timely manner.
Source. #5609, eff 4-6-93, EXPIRED: 4-6-99 New. #7716, INTERIM, eff 6-22-02, EXPIRED: 12-19-02 New. #8369, eff 6-7-05; ss by #9668, eff 4-2-10 (formerly Mar 203.01); ss by #12633, eff 10-2-18 (formerly Fam 205.01)