[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 16CFR1025.66]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1025--RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart G--Appearances, Standards of Conduct
 
Sec. 1025.66  Qualifications and standards of conduct.

    (a) Good faith transactions. The Commission expects all persons 
appearing in proceedings before the Commission or the Presiding Officer 
to act with integrity, with respect, and in an ethical manner. Business 
transacted before and with the Commission or the Presiding Officer shall 
be conducted in good faith.
    (b) Exclusion of parties, participants, or their representatives. To 
maintain orderly proceedings, the Commission or the Presiding Officer 
may exclude parties, participants, or their representatives for refusal 
to comply with directions, continued use of dilatory tactics, refusal to 
adhere to reasonable standards of orderly and ethical conduct, failure 
to act in good faith, or violation of the prohibition in Sec. 1025.68 
against certain ex parte communications.
    (c) Exclusions from the record. The Presiding Officer or the 
Commission may disregard and order the exclusion from the record of any 
written or oral submissions or representations which are not made in 
good faith or which are unfair, incomplete, or inaccurate.
    (d) Appeal by excluded party. An excluded party, participant, or 
representative may petition the Commission to entertain an interlocutory 
appeal in accordance with Sec. 1025.24 of these rules. If, after such 
appeal, the representative of a party or participant is excluded, the 
hearing shall, at the request of the party or participant, be suspended 
for a reasonable time so that the party or participant may obtain 
another representative.