- (a) The hearing officer conducts the administrative disqualification hearing as an informal proceeding, not as a formal court hearing. The participants are placed under oath, but the technical rules of evidence are not required.
- (b) At the hearing, the hearing officer must advise the household member or his representative that he may refuse to answer questions during the hearing.
Source Note:The provisions of this §357.528 adopted to be effective February 1, 1994, 18 TexReg 9857; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013.