22 CFR § 18.14 - Hearing examiner.

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title: "22 CFR § 18.14 - Hearing examiner."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "18.14"
section_name: "Hearing examiner."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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part_name: "REGULATIONS CONCERNING POST EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864."
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# 18.14 Hearing examiner.

(a) After an answer is filed, if the Director General decides to continue the administrative disciplinary proceedings, he/she shall appoint a hearing examiner to conduct those proceedings under this part.

(b) *Authorities.* Among other powers, the hearing examiner shall have authority, in connection with any proceeding assigned or referred to him/her, to do the following:

(1) Take evidence under appropriate formalities;

(2) Make rulings upon motions and requests;

(3) Determine the time and place of hearing and regulate its course and conduct;

(4) Adopt rules of procedure and modify the same from time to time as occasion requires for the orderly disposition of proceedings;

(5) Rule upon offers of proof, receive relevant evidence, and examine witnesses;

(6) Take or authorize the taking of depositions;

(7) Receive and consider oral or written argument on facts or law;

(8) Hold or provide for the holding of conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues by consent of the parties;

(9) Perform such acts and take such measures as are necessary or appropriate to the efficient conduct of any proceeding; and

(10) Make initial decisions.