---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1603.205"
title: "29"
number: "1603.205"
heading: "Separation of functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1603.205"
---

# §1603.205. Separation of functions.

- (a) The administrative law judge may not be responsible to or subject to the supervision or direction of a Commission employee engaged in investigating complaints under this part.
- (b) No Commission employee engaged in investigating complaints under this part shall participate or advise in the decision of the administrative law judge, except as a witness or counsel in the adjudication or its appellate review.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 47852, June 4, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e-12 and-16c; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6(b); 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2(d).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 47852, June 4, 2024]