Section 300.980  Attorneys and Witnesses in Investigative Hearings

A party may be accompanied at an investigative hearing by his/her attorney, and by a translator, if necessary.  The parties may bring witnesses to the hearing, but the Hearing Officer shall decide which witnesses shall be heard and the order in which they shall be heard.  The Hearing Officer may exclude witnesses and other persons from the hearing when they are not giving testimony.  The Hearing Officer shall conduct and control the proceedings.  No tape recordings, stenographic report or other verbatim record of the hearing shall be made.

(Source:  Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 13828, effective September 1, 1992)