A proceeding may be withdrawn without prejudice by the party that has initiated or requested the proceeding (1) at any time before evidence is taken in the proceeding, by so notifying the other party, or (2) at any time prior to the rendition of a decision in the proceeding by (a) filing with the Office of Administrative Hearings a stipulation of withdrawal signed on behalf of the Division and signed and acknowledged by the responsible parent or (b) by the entering of an oral stipulation of withdrawal without prejudice on the record.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 11-7