---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.347"
title: "20"
number: "702.347"
heading: "Formal hearings; termination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.347"
---

# §702.347. Formal hearings; termination.

- (a) Formal hearings are normally terminated upon the conclusion of the proceeding at which evidence is submitted to the administrative law judge.
- (b) In exceptional cases the Chief Administrative Law Judge or the administrative law judge assigned to the case may, in his or her discretion, extend the time for official termination of the hearing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 42552, Aug. 23, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 42552, Aug. 23, 1977]