Haw. Code R. § 15-15-61
Current through September, 2024
No commissioner or hearings officer shall sit in any proceeding in which the commissioner or hearings officer has a personal pecuniary or business interest, or one in which the commissioner or hearings officer is related within the first degree by blood or marriage to any party to the proceeding. However, if, after declaring the nature of the circumstances of the pecuniary interest or consanguinity to the parties, and the parties do not oppose the commissioner or hearings officer sitting in the proceeding, the commissioner or hearings officer may participate in the proceeding. The record shall note clearly the waiver by the parties.
Haw. Code R. § 15-15-61