D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-3011
Each hearing will be held before a Hearing Examiner, Supervisory Hearing Examiner, Chief Hearing Examiner, or Adjudication Services Administrator. No other person has the authority to adjudicate or dismiss a traffic infraction.
All hearings will be open to the public.
Hearings will be held at the Department of Motor Vehicle's Adjudication Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C.; provided, that the Director, in the Director's discretion, may establish other permanent or temporary hearing locations.
The hearing examiner shall ensure that the hearing is conducted in an orderly manner and shall have the authority to exclude any respondent or other person from the hearing on the grounds of substantial interference or obstruction of the orderly hearing process.
The Department may, with or without the consent of the respondent, consolidate for hearing or appeal any or all matters within the Department's jurisdiction pending against a respondent.
The Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Criminal Procedure for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia are not binding on the Department.
Forms of pleadings, motion practice, and discovery procedures set forth in the rules cited in §§ 3011.6 do not apply to any proceedings conducted by the Department unless specifically authorized by this chapter.
Administrative adjudications conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, Chapter 10 of this title, and the District of Columbia Traffic Adjudication Act of 1978, effective September 12, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-104; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2301.01et seq.).
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-3011