Briefs may be filed by a party or any interested person either before or during the course of the hearing, or within such time thereafter as the presiding officer shall designate. Failure to file a brief shall in no way prejudice the rights of any party.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 295-13-.01
Ga. L. 1931, pp. 7, 35, 37, as amended.