[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR201.112]

[Page 149]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 201--RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Rules of Practice
 
Sec. 201.112  Hearing officer: Disqualification and withdrawal.

    (a) Notice of disqualification. At any time a hearing officer 
believes himself or herself to be disqualified from considering a 
matter, the hearing officer shall issue a notice stating that he or she 
is withdrawing from the matter and setting forth the reasons therefor.
    (b) Motion for withdrawal. Any party who has a reasonable, good 
faith basis to believe that a hearing officer has a personal bias, or is 
otherwise disqualified from hearing a case, may make a motion to the 
hearing officer that the hearing officer withdraw. The motion shall be 
accompanied by an affidavit setting forth in detail the facts alleged to 
constitute grounds for disqualification. If the hearing officer finds 
himself or herself not disqualified, he or she shall so rule and shall 
continue to preside over the proceeding.