- (a) Hearings shall be conducted by the commandant as presiding officer or another person designated by the commandant to act as presiding officer.
(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) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (4) Receive relevant evidence and exclude irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence;
- (5) Rule on procedural requests at the request of a party or intervenor or on the presiding officer's own motion;
- (6) Question anyone who testifies to the extent required to make a full and fair record;
- (7) Arrange for verbatim recording of the hearing as specified in RSA 541-A:31, VII; and
- (8) 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. #8951, eff 7-21-07