A place, date, and time certain will be assigned to each case. Written notice of the hearing will be given as soon as the assigned date is known, but must be given at least 30 days in advance of the hearing, except:
The notice must include the place of hearing, the amount of time allowed for the hearing, and if known, the name of the judge assigned. If an additional hearing date is required, the office will set the date and time.
As soon as the parties know the hearing date, they shall immediately notify all witnesses in writing and arrange for the witnesses to be present or for the taking of a deposition under part 1420.2200. A party calling a witness for whom an interpreter is required shall advise the office in advance of the need for an interpreter.
Rules governing medical evidence are as follows:
All parties have the right to present evidence, to cross-examine witnesses, and to present rebuttal testimony.
A party may be a witness and present other witnesses at the hearing. Oral testimony at the hearing must be under oath or affirmation. At the request of a party or upon the judge's motion, the judge may exclude witnesses other than parties from the hearing room so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses.
Record requirements are as follows:
Persons in the hearing room may not converse in a disruptive manner, read newspapers, smoke, chew gum, eat food, or drink liquids other than water, or otherwise disrupt the hearing while the hearing is in session, and counsel shall so instruct parties they represent, witnesses they call, and persons accompanying them. A cellular telephone must be turned off in the hearing room unless the judge grants permission for it to be turned on. Guns and other weapons are not allowed in the hearing room or on the premises of the office.
No television, video, digital, still, or other camera, and no electronic recording devices, other than those provided by the office may be operated in the hearing room during the course of the hearing unless permission is obtained from the judge. Permission is subject to conditions set by the judge to avoid disruption of the hearing.
Under Minnesota Statutes, section 624.72, no person may interfere with the free, proper, and lawful access to or egress from the hearing room. No person may interfere or threaten interference with a hearing, or disrupt or threaten disruption of a hearing.
Minn. R. 1420.2900
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.51; 176.081; 176.155; 176.285; 176.312; 176.361; 176.83