This chapter is intended to create the Office of Hearing Examiners ("OHE") as an independent unit within the Department of For-Hire Vehicles, and to establish fair and consistent procedural rules for the hearing and adjudication of matters by OHE.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all matters heard or adjudicated by OHE.
The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted to comply with the language and intent of the Establishment Act and the Impoundment Act.
OHE shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate and conduct a hearing in a matter involving one or more of the following actions by the Department:
Hearings shall be conducted at the administrative offices of the Department, or elsewhere in the District as designated in an administrative issuance.
All adjudications and hearings before OHE shall comply with this chapter, other applicable provisions of this title, the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), and other applicable laws.
In the event of a conflict between a provision of this chapter and a provision of another chapter of this title other than Chapter 7, the provision of this chapter shall control.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 31, r. 2100