Section 51038 - Official Notice(a) The hearing officer shall take official notice of those matters which must be judicially noticed by a court under Section 451 of the Evidence Code. The hearing officer may take official notice of those matters set forth in Section 452 of the Evidence Code.(b) Parties present at the formal hearing shall be informed of the matters to be noticed, and those matters shall be noted in the record, referred to therein, or appended thereto.(c) Each party shall be given a reasonable opportunity on request to refute the officially noticed matters by evidence or by written or oral presentation of authority, the manner of such refutation to be determined by the hearing officer.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 51038
Note: Authority cited: Sections 14105, 14124.5, and 14171, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 14171, Welfare and Institutions Code.