[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR801.311]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

              CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 

PART 801_VOTING RIGHTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart C_Challenges to Listing on Eligibility List

 

Sec. 801.311  Powers of hearing officer.



    In addition to the powers otherwise vested in a hearing officer by 

this subpart, a hearing officer shall have the power to:

    (a) Administer oaths and affirmations;

    (b) Issue and quash subpenas;

    (c) Regulate the course of the hearing;

    (d) Rule on offers of proof;

    (e) Permit a party to withdraw from a hearing on a showing of good 

cause;

    (f) Limit the number of witnesses whose testimony would be 

cumulative;

    (g) Deny a challenge for failure to prosecute;

    (h) Exclude any person from the hearing for contumacious conduct or 

misbehavior that obstructs the hearing; and

    (i) Take any other action in the course of the hearing consistent 

with law that is necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of the 

Act.