Section 2.333 - Authority of the presiding officer to regulate procedure in a hearingTo prevent unnecessary delays or an unnecessarily large record, the presiding officer:
(a) May limit the number of witnesses whose testimony may be cumulative;(b) May strike argumentative, repetitious, cumulative, unreliable, immaterial, or irrelevant evidence;(c) Shall require each party or participant who requests permission to conduct cross-examination to file a cross-examination plan for each witness or panel of witnesses the party or participant proposes to cross-examine;(d) Must ensure that each party or participant permitted to conduct cross-examination conducts its cross-examination in conformance with the party's or participant's cross-examination plan filed with the presiding officer;(e) May take necessary and proper measures to prevent argumentative, repetitious, or cumulative cross-examination; and(f) May impose such time limitations on arguments as the presiding officer determines appropriate, having regard for the volume of the evidence and the importance and complexity of the issues involved.