---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 142.17"
title: "13"
number: "142.17"
heading: "What is the role of the ALJ?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/142.17"
---

# §142.17. What is the role of the ALJ?


An ALJ from OHA serves as the Presiding Officer at all hearings, with authority as set forth in [§ 134.218(b)](/cfr/13/134.218.md?p=b) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.