[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1203.9]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 1203_NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS_EFFECTUATION OF 
 
Sec.  1203.9  Hearings.

    (a) Opportunity for hearing. When an opportunity for a hearing is 
required by Sec.  1203.8(c), reasonable notice shall be given by 
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the affected 
applicant or recipient. This notice shall advise the applicant or 
recipient of the action proposed to be taken, the specific provision 
under which the proposed action against it is to be taken, and the 
matters of fact or law asserted as the basis for this action, and 
either:
    (1) Fix a date not less than 20 days after the date of notice within 
which the applicant or recipient may request of ACTION that the matter 
be scheduled for hearing; or
    (2) Advise the applicant or recipient that the matter in question 
has been set down for hearing at a stated time and place. The time and 
place so fixed shall be reasonable and subject to change for cause. The 
complainant, if any, shall be advised of the time and place of the 
hearing. An applicant or recipient may waive a hearing and submit 
written information and argument for the record. The failure of an 
applicant or recipient to request a hearing under this paragraph or to 
appear at a hearing for which a date has been set is deemed to be a 
waiver of the right to a hearing under section 602 of title VI and Sec.  
1203.8(c) and consent to the making of a decision on the basis of the 
information available.
    (b) Time and place of hearing. Hearings shall be held at the offices 
of ACTION in Washington, DC, at a time fixed by ACTION unless it 
determines that the convenience of the applicant or recipient or of 
ACTION requires that another place be selected. Hearings shall be held 
before the Director, or at his discretion, before a hearing examiner 
appointed in accordance with section 3105 of title 5, United States 
Code, or detailed under section 3344 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Right to counsel. In all proceedings under this section, the 
applicant or recipient and ACTION have the right to be represented by 
counsel.
    (d) Procedures, evidence, and record. (1) The hearing, decision, and 
an administrative review thereof shall be conducted in conformity with 
sections 554 through 557 of title 5, United States Code, and in 
accordance with the rules of procedure as are proper (and not 
inconsistent with this section) relating to the conduct of the hearing, 
giving of notices subsequent to those provided for in paragraph (a) of 
this section, taking of testimony, exhibits, arguments, and briefs, 
requests for findings, and other related matters. Both ACTION and the 
applicant or recipient are entitled to introduce relevant evidence on 
the issues as stated in the notice for hearing or as determined by the 
officer conducting the hearing at the outset of or during the hearing.
    (2) Technical rules of evidence do not apply to hearings conducted 
pursuant

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to this part, but rules or principles designed to assure production of 
the most credible evidence available and to subject testimony to test by 
cross-examination shall be applied where determined reasonably necessary 
by the officer conducting the hearing. The hearing officer may exclude 
irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence. Documents and 
other evidence offered or taken for the record shall be open to 
examination by the parties and opportunity shall be given to refute 
facts and arguments advanced on either side of the issues. A transcript 
shall be made of the oral evidence except to the extent the substance 
thereof is stipulated for the record. Decisions shall be based on the 
hearing record and written findings shall be made.
    (e) Consolidated or joint hearings. In cases in which the same or 
related facts are asserted to constitute noncompliance with this part 
with respect to two or more Federal statutes, authorities, or other 
means by which Federal financial assistance is extended and to which 
this part applies, or noncompliance with this part and the regulations 
of one or more other Federal departments or agencies issued under title 
VI, ACTION may, by agreement with the other departments or agencies, 
when applicable, provide for the conduct of consolidated or joint 
hearings, and for the application to these hearings of rules or 
procedures not inconsistent with this part. Final decisions in these 
cases, insofar as this regulation is concerned, shall be made in 
accordance with Sec.  1203.10.

[39 FR 27322, July 26, 1974, as amended at 68 FR 51387, Aug. 26, 2003]