Section 616D.050 - Power of hearing officers, appeals officers and Administrator when conducting hearings or other proceedings1. Appeals officers, the Administrator, and the Administrator's designee, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters may: (a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents.(c) Certify to official acts.(d) Call and examine under oath any witness or party to a claim.(f) Rule upon all questions arising during the course of a hearing or proceeding.(g) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories.(h) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues.(i) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters.(j) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding.2. Hearing officers, in conducting hearings or other proceedings pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or regulations adopted pursuant to those chapters, may:(a) Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of any witness or the production of books, accounts, papers, records and documents that are relevant to the dispute for which the hearing or other proceeding is being held.(c) Permit discovery by deposition or interrogatories.(d) Initiate and hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues.(e) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters.(f) Generally regulate and guide the course of a pending hearing or proceeding.Added to NRS by 1975, 761; A 1977, 313; 1979, 1044; 1981, 1139, 1461; 1983, 355; 1991, 832, 2402; 1993, 708; 1999, 227, 1728, 1737Added to NRS by 1975, 761; A 1977, 313; 1979, 1044; 1981, 1139, 1461; 1983, 355; 1991, 832, 2402; 1993, 708; 1999, 227, 1728, 1737