The commissioners and hearing examiners shall be free at all times to confer with any member of the commission staff. However, no facts or legal arguments likely to influence a pending formal proceeding and not of record in that proceeding shall be furnished ex parte to any commissioner or hearing examiner by any member of the commission staff.
5 Va. Admin. Code § 5-20-60
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 12.1-25 of the Code of Virginia.