Section 3-126-68 - Hearings(a) All hearings shall be formal, and chapters 91 and 92, HRS, shall apply to the extent practicable.(b) No persons other than the hearings officer, the person requesting the hearing, representatives of the concerned state agency, legal counsel, witnesses, and persons called by the hearings officer to assist the hearings officer in reviewing a request for hearing, shall be present during any hearing or other proceedings conducted by the hearings officer, except with the permission of the hearings officer.(c) All hearings shall be heard before a duly designated hearings officer. All parties shall be afforded full opportunity to present evidence and argument on all issues involved. The hearing shall be at the time and place set forth in the notice of hearing, but at that time and place may be continued from day to day or adjourned to a later day or to a different place without notice other than the announcement thereof at the hearing.(d) If there is no dispute as to the facts involved in a particular matter, the hearings officer may permit the parties to proceed by memoranda of law in lieu of a hearing unless the procedure would unduly burden any party or is otherwise not conducive to the ends of justice.[Eff 12/15/95: comp MAY 20 2004] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-709) (Imp: HRS § 103D-709)