ORI may respond to a series of individual requests for hearings by conducting a single group hearing when the sole issue is one of state and/or federal law, regulation or policy and where individual issues of fact are not disputed.
In all group hearings, the regulations governing individual hearings must be followed. Each appellant shall be permitted to present his or her own case or have the case presented by a representative. However, all or part of the appellants in the hearing may submit their case as a group.
121 CMR, § 1.620