[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR81.73]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 81_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS UNDER PART 80 OF THIS 

TITLE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart H_Hearing Procedures

 

Sec.  81.73  Testimony.



    Testimony shall be given orally under oath or affirmation by 

witnesses at the hearing; but the presiding officer, in his discretion, 

may require or permit that the direct testimony of any witness be 

prepared in writing and served on all parties in advance of the hearing. 

Such testimony may be adopted by the witness at the hearing, and filed 

as part of the record thereof. Unless authorized by the presiding 

officer, witnesses will not be permitted to read prepared testimony into 

the record. Except as provided in Sec. Sec.  81.75 and 81.76, witnesses 

shall be available at the hearing for cross-examination.