[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: 45CFR81.85]



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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.  81.85  Offer of proof.



    An offer of proof made in connection with an objection taken to any 

ruling of the presiding officer rejecting or excluding proffered oral 

testimony shall consist of a statement of the substance of the evidence 

which counsel contends would be adduced by such testimony; and, if the 

excluded evidence consists of evidence in documentary or written form or 

of reference to documents or records, a copy of such evidence shall be 

marked for identification and shall accompany the record as the offer of 

proof.