---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 18.14"
title: "22"
number: "18.14"
heading: "Hearing examiner."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/18.14"
---

# §18.14. Hearing examiner.

- (a) After an answer is filed, if the Director General decides to continue the administrative disciplinary proceedings, he/she shall appoint a hearing examiner to conduct those proceedings under this part.
- (b) **Authorities.** Among other powers, the hearing examiner shall have authority, in connection with any proceeding assigned or referred to him/her, to do the following:
  - (1) Take evidence under appropriate formalities;
  - (2) Make rulings upon motions and requests;
  - (3) Determine the time and place of hearing and regulate its course and conduct;
  - (4) Adopt rules of procedure and modify the same from time to time as occasion requires for the orderly disposition of proceedings;
  - (5) Rule upon offers of proof, receive relevant evidence, and examine witnesses;
  - (6) Take or authorize the taking of depositions;
  - (7) Receive and consider oral or written argument on facts or law;
  - (8) Hold or provide for the holding of conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues by consent of the parties;
  - (9) Perform such acts and take such measures as are necessary or appropriate to the efficient conduct of any proceeding; and
  - (10) **Make initial decisions.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2608, Jan. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted.