Section 3-126-56 - Evidence(a) The admissibility of evidence at the hearing shall be governed by the rules of evidence utilized by the circuit courts of the State. The hearings officer shall give effect to the privileges recognized at law.(b) The hearings officer may take notice of judicially recognizable facts and of generally recognized technical or scientific facts. The parties, whenever possible, shall be notified before the hearing of the material to be so noticed and shall be afforded an-opportunity at the hearing to contest the facts so noticed.(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, the burden of proof, including the burden of producing the evidence and the burden of persuasion, shall be upon the party initiating the proceeding. Proof of a matter shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.[Eff 12/15/95; comp MAY 20 2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-709) (Imp: HRS S103D-709)