A party may be accompanied at an investigative conference by his/her attorney, and by a translator, if necessary. The parties may bring witnesses to the conference, but the Hearing Officer shall decide what witnesses shall be heard and in what order. The Hearing Officer may exclude witnesses from the conference when they are not giving testimony. The Hearing Officer shall conduct and control the proceedings. No tape recordings, stenographic report or other verbatim record of the conference shall be made.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 56, § 360.160