Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.11.01.424
No hearing officer may discuss the substance of a complaint ex parte with any agency attorney or agency staff involved in the investigation or prosecution of the complaint, with any representative of any party, or with any member of the public at large at any stage of the agency's consideration of the complaint or pending judicial review of the agency's decision in the complaint, except as allowed in Subsections 423.02.a. and 423.04. A hearing officer may consult with any other hearing officer. A hearing officer may consult with the agency head as authorized by Subsections 423.01.b. and 425.01. A hearing officer may consult with an agency attorney assigned to advise or assist the hearing officer. The agency may appoint as a hearing officer the agency attorney who will advise or assist the agency head in consideration of the complaint, but this agency attorney cannot participate in the prosecution of the complaint or have ex parte contact with any party to the complaint or the agency's prosecutorial/investigative staff. (3-31-22)
Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.11.01.424