SECTION 375:25-3-11. Conduct of hearings

  Hearings before the hearing examiner shall be conducted under the following procedures:

(1)   The OSBI's General Counsel shall issue a brief statement of fact outlining the reason for denial of the licensee or the alleged violation on the part of the licensee.

(2)   The applicant or licensee, or the attorney for the applicant or licensee, shall be given an opportunity to state his or her position.

(3)   Any pleading or other documents which either party may wish to have filed may be presented.

(4)   The evidenced supporting the issuance of the citation or the denial of the application for a license shall be first presented, at the conclusion of which the applicant or licensee, or his or her attorney, may present evidence in support or his or her previously stated position.

(5)   Both parties, in presenting testimony, shall stay within the rules of evidence as defined by Oklahoma law and court decisions. The parties may make objections and the hearing examiner will rule on them.

(6)   Arguments shall then be permitted by the hearing examiner and, if the hearing is concluded, the hearing examiner shall announce his or her decision, or that a decision will be reached at a later time, not to exceed fifteen (15) days from the date of the hearing, unless both parties agree in writing that such decision may be delayed.

[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 833, eff 11-16-95 (emergency); Added at 13 Ok Reg 3015, eff 7-11-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3326, eff 7-26-99]