SECTION 785:4-3-4. Hearing Examiners

(a)   Who may be Hearing Examiners. Hearings may be conducted by authorized and designated Hearing Examiners. Any Board member, the Board Executive Director or Assistant Director, any authorized Board staff member, staff attorneys, the Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General or any other Board authorized person may serve as Hearing Examiner.

(b)   General authority of Hearing Examiners. Hearing Examiners are authorized to supervise, direct, preside over and conduct the hearing proceedings; to make and enter interlocutory rulings; to make and enter rulings on procedural or evidentiary questions or objections; to make and enter rulings on any other motions or objections arising during the course of the hearing; and, generally, to do all things necessary and incidental to conducting and completing the hearing and all other acts authorized under this Chapter.

(c)   Assistance. Where deemed necessary, the Hearing Examiner may designate any Board staff member to assist the Hearing Examiner in the conduct of the proceedings or to aid the Hearing Examiner in an advisory capacity.