Section 13-300-63 - Ex parte communications(a) No party, or person petitioning to be a party to a hearing before the appeals panel, nor their employees, representatives, or agents, shall make any unauthorized ex parte communication either oral or written concerning the appeals hearing to any member of the appeals panel who will or may be a participant in the decision-making process.(b) The following classes of ex parte communications are permitted: (1) Those relating to matters which a member of the appeals panel is authorized to dispose of on an ex parte basis;(2) Requests for information of the status of a proceeding;(3) Those which all parties to the proceeding agree or which the appeals panel has formally ruled may be made on an ex parte basis; or(4) Those with representatives of any news media on matters intended to inform the general public.[Eff SEP 28 1996] (Auth: HRS §§ 6E-43.5, 91-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 6E-43, 91-13)