Subject to the statutes and rules governing the board, the board shall:

1. (a) Receive protests filed pursuant to RSA 357-C and these rules;
2. (b) Schedule and hold hearings;
3. (c) Administer oaths and affirmations;
4. (d) Determine the order of proof in any proceeding;
5. (e) Receive relevant evidence and rule on offers of proof in hearings;
6. (f) Take official notice of any facts which are of common knowledge and general notoriety;
7. (g) Regulate and control the course of hearings;
8. (h) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues, or for obtaining stipulations as to issues of fact or proof by consent of the parties;
9. (i) Dispose of procedural requests, including but not limited to adjournments, continuances, or defaults at the request of the parties or on the board member’s own motion;
10. (j) Interview and examine witnesses as the case may require;
11. (k) Direct parties to appear at hearings;
12. (l) Consider and evaluate the facts and evidence on the record and make findings of fact, conclusions of law, and dispositions;
13. (m) Determine credibility or weight of evidence in making findings of fact and conclusions of law;
14. (n) Render oral and written decisions, reports or recommendations as authorized by statute or rule;
15. (o) Make a complete record of any proceeding including all relevant matters;
16. (p) Take any action in a proceeding necessary to conduct and complete the case not inconsistent with applicable statutes, rules and precedents;
17. (q) Appoint people to serve at depositions of out of state witnesses; and
18. (r) Allow amendment of protest upon motion of a party or on the board member’s own motion.

Source. #6485, INTERIM, eff 4-16-97, EXPIRED: 8-14-97 New. #6651, eff 12-10-97; ss by #6980, eff 4-21-99, EXPIRED: 4-21-07 New. #8978, INTERIM, eff 9-14-07, EXPIRES: 3-12-08; ss by #9043-A, eff 11-29-07