SECTION 75:1-5-8. Conduct and record of hearing

(a)   Open to public. Every hearing before the Office of the Attorney General shall be conducted by the Attorney General or designated Hearing Officer. All hearings shall be open to the public unless a protective order is entered to uphold confidentiality laws; however, upon motion of a party to the proceeding, the Attorney General or the Hearing Officer may exclude from the hearing room any witness not at that time under examination. A party to the proceeding and that party's attorney may not be excluded.

(b)   Record. All testimony shall be taken on the record unless otherwise designated by the Attorney General or the Hearing Officer. An electronic recording of the hearing proceedings shall be made. The recording will not be transcribed as a matter of course. The electronic recording of the Office of the Attorney General shall be the official record. Copies of the recordings shall be provided to a party on written request. The cost of transcription, if done, shall be borne by the party having the recording transcribed.

(c)   Court reporter. A party may have the proceeding transcribed by a court reporter at the expense of the party. Each party requesting copies shall make arrangements for such with the reporter, and pay the costs.

(d)   Maintenance of the record. The record of a proceeding and the file containing the notices and the pleadings will be maintained by the Attorney General or the Hearing Officer in a location designated by the Attorney General or the Hearing Officer. All pleadings, motions, orders and other papers submitted for filing in an individual proceeding shall be stamped with the date filed by the Attorney General or the Hearing Officer upon receipt.

(e)   Designation on appeal. On an appeal to district court, the parties may designate and counter-designate portions of the record to save costs, following the procedures in the APA.

[Source: Added at 23 Ok Reg 329, eff 11-8-05 (emergency); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2189, eff 7-1-06]