Wis. Admin. Code § HA 4.11 – Rules of practice; selection of hearing site.

(1)
1. (a) The rules of practice before the division shall be such as to secure the facts in as direct and simple a manner as possible.
2. (b) The administrative law judge may limit testimony to only those matters which are disputed.
3. (c) The administrative law judge may not allow into the record, either on direct or cross–examination, redundant, irrelevant or repetitive testimony. Hearsay testimony with probative value may be admitted at the discretion of the administrative law judge.
(2) The division may select places for a hearing after considering the geographical location and volume of claims in an area. A list of sites will be furnished upon request to interested parties by the division. From this list, a hearing site shall be selected at the discretion of the division. The division, in determining the site of the hearing, shall consider all of the following:
1. (a) The applicant’s location choice.
2. (b) The location of the office of the treating practitioner or practitioner appointed under s. 102.13 (3) or 102.17, Stats.
3. (c) The location where the injury occurred.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1976, No. 248, eff. 9-1-76; r. and recr. Register, September, 1982, No. 321, eff. 10-1-82; renumbered from DWD 80.12 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., correction in (1) (intro.), (2) (intro.), (b) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., correction in (2) (b) under s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2018 No. 749; CR 18-059: am. (1) (a), (b), (c), (2) (intro.), (a), (b) Register July 2019 No. 763, eff. 8-1-19.