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13B.040 Qualifications of hearing officer.
(1)
(2)
A person who has served as an investigator or prosecutor in an administrative
hearing or in its preadjudicative stage shall not serve as hearing officer or assist or
advise a hearing officer in the same proceeding. This shall not be construed as
preventing a person who has participated as a hearing officer in a determination of
probable cause or other equivalent preliminary determination from serving as a
hearing officer in the same proceeding.
(a) A hearing officer, agency head, or member of an agency head who is serving
as a hearing officer shall voluntarily disqualify himself and withdraw from any
case in which he cannot afford a fair and impartial hearing or consideration.
Any party may request the disqualification of a hearing officer, agency head,
or member of the agency head by filing an affidavit, upon discovery of facts
establishing grounds for a disqualification, stating the particular grounds upon
which he claims that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be accorded. A
request for the disqualification of a hearing officer shall be answered by the
agency head within sixty (60) days of its filing. The request for
disqualification and the disposition of the request shall be a part of the official
record of the proceeding. Requests for disqualification of a hearing officer
shall be determined by the agency head. Requests for disqualification of a
hearing officer who is a member of the agency head shall be determined by
the majority of the remaining members of the agency head.
(b) Grounds for disqualification of a hearing officer shall include, but shall not be
limited to, the following:
1.
Serving as an investigator or prosecutor in the proceeding or the
preadjudicative stages of the proceeding;
2.
Participating in an ex parte communication which would prejudice the
proceedings;
3.
Having a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the proceeding; or
4.
Having a personal bias toward any party to a proceeding which would
cause a prejudgment on the outcome of the proceeding.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch.
382, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996.
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