Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-29 - Miscellaneous provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Order of
				  presentation in actions for declaratory rulings. The order of presentation
				  shall be determined by the presiding officer at the time of the
				  hearing.
(b) Order of presentation
				  in contested cases. The order of presentation shall be determined by the
				  presiding officer at the time of the hearing, and shall provide the parties
				  with the rights and privileges set forth in sections
				  4-177
				  et seq., of the Connecticut General Statutes, as they may be amended from time
				  to time.
(c) Limiting testimony.
				  The presiding officer may limit the number of witnesses or the time for
				  testimony upon a particular issue in the course of any hearing in order to
				  avoid unnecessary cumulative evidence.
(d) Limitation of direct case in actions for
				  declaratory rulings. The direct case of any party shall consist substantially
				  of the written statement in the request for declaratory ruling, and the
				  exhibits and other materials annexed thereto unless the presiding officer shall
				  rule otherwise for good cause shown.
(e) Upon request of any party or intervenor
				  or on his own motion, the presiding officer may require any party or other
				  participant who proposes to offer technical or expert written testimony to
				  provide such testimony to any or all other parties or intervenors, and to
				  prefile such testimony with the presiding officer, prior to or during the
				  course of the hearing. Such prefiled written testimony may subsequently be
				  received in evidence, with the same force and effect as though it were stated
				  orally by the witness who has given the evidence, provided that each witness
				  shall be present at the hearing at which the prefiled written testimony is
				  offered, shall adopt the written testimony under oath and shall be available
				  for cross examination as directed by the presiding officer. Prior to its
				  admission such written testimony shall be subject to objections by
				  parties.
(f)
Improper
				  conduct.
The presiding officer may exclude from the hearing room or from
				  further participation in the proceedings any person who engages in improper
				  conduct during the hearing.
(g)
				  Nothing in sections
				  19a-9-1 through
				  19a-9-29 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be construed as
				  limiting the ability of the presiding officer to make such orders as will aid
				  in the just, economic, and efficient resolution of a case.
(h) Unless otherwise ordered by the presiding
				  officer, any party who wishes to challenge a proposed final decision under
				  section
				  4-179
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes shall file exceptions or a brief or request
				  oral argument, within twenty-one (21) days of the mailing of the decision. Any
				  party who wishes to present a brief or requests oral argument in support of a
				  proposed final decison shall do so within thirty-five (35) days of the mailing
				  of the decision.