- (a) The parties entitled to offer evidence at hearing in an adjudicative proceeding shall be the petitioner, the department, the OCA when it has entered an appearance, and intervenor subject to any limitations imposed by RSA 531-A:32, III.
- (b) All testimony, including any pre-filed written testimony adopted by a witness at hearing, shall be made under oath or affirmation.
- (c) Pursuant to RSA 365:9 and RSA 541-A:33, II, the rules of evidence shall not apply in proceedings before the commission.
- (d) The commission shall exclude irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence, by their own determination or by objection made by a party.
- (e) The commission shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law.
- (f) The commission shall entertain objections to evidence at hearing and note them in the record.
- (g) A party shall submit documentary evidence in the form of copies or excerpts unless the commission finds that the authenticity of the submission is questionable or the copy is not legible.
- (h) Excerpts of documents shall include the proper citation to the complete document.
- (i) A response to a data request posed pursuant to Puc 204.03, when offered into evidence by a party other than the party that provided the response, shall be treated as an admission of the party that provided the data response.
Source. #14184, eff 1-24-25 (formerly Puc 203.23)