1. A. No employee of the Administrator shall be competent to testify on any matter before a court concerning any information he has received through the performance of his duties under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.
2. B. The Administrator and his employees shall not solicit employment for any attorney or physician nor shall they recommend or refer any claimant or employer to an attorney or physician. If the Administrator or any of his employees makes such a solicitation, recommendation or reference, that person, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, for each offense, by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The Administrator shall immediately terminate the employment of any such employee who is guilty of such solicitation, recommendation or reference. An Administrator guilty of such solicitation, recommendation or reference shall be subject to removal from office.
3. C. No judge of the Workers' Compensation Court shall engage in any ex parte communication with any party to an action pending before the Court or with any medical provider regarding the merits of a specific matter pending before the judge for resolution. Any violation of this provision shall subject the judge to disqualification from the action or matter upon presentation of an application for disqualification.

Added by Laws 1977, HB 1228, c. 234, § 12, eff. July 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1447, c. 349, § 5, eff. September 1, 1993.