Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Subsection 071-119-8.6 - Evidence(a) The hearing officer need not observe the rules of evidence observed by courts, but shall observe the rules of privilege recognized by law. Evidence shall be admitted if it is the kind of evidence upon which reasonable persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs. The hearing officer may exclude irrelevant or unduly repetitious evidence.(b) All witnesses shall be sworn.(c) No sworn written evidence shall be admitted unless the author is available for cross-examination or subject to subpoena, except for good cause shown. C.M.R. 05, 071, ch. 119, § 071-119-8, subsec. 071-119-8.6