Section 71IAC10-3-7. Administrative law judges

   (a) One (1) or more members of the commission acting as the administrative law judge or an administrative law judge may serve as the administrative law judge for a commission proceeding.

  (b) The administrative law judge may:

(1) authorize the taking of depositions;

(2) issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and documents;

(3) administer oaths;

(4) receive evidence;

(5) rule on the admissibility of evidence and amendments to pleadings;

(6) examine witnesses;

(7) set reasonable times within which a party may present evidence and within which a witness may testify;

(8) permit and limit oral argument;

(9) issue interim orders;

(10) recess a hearing from day to day and place to place;

(11) request briefs before or after the administrative law judge files a report or proposal for decision;

(12) propose findings of fact and conclusions of law;

(13) propose orders and decisions; and

(14) perform other duties necessary to a fair and proper hearing.

  (c) A person serving as the administrative law judge of a proceeding must be a disinterested party to the proceeding. (Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 10-3-7; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1203; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; filed Nov 10, 2014, 2:07 p.m.: 20141210-IR-071140230FRA)