---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 417.6"
title: "29"
number: "417.6"
heading: "Powers of Administrative Law Judge."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/417.6"
---

# §417.6. Powers of Administrative Law Judge.


The designated Administrative Law Judge shall have authority:

- (a) To give notice concerning and to conduct hearings;
- (b) To administer oaths and affirmations;
- (c) To issue subpoenas;
- (d) To rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
- (e) To take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of justice would be served thereby;
- (f) To regulate the course of the hearing;
- (g) To hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues by consent of the parties;
- (h) To dispose of procedural requests or other matters;
- (i) To limit the number of witnesses at hearings, or limit or exclude evidence or testimony which may be irrelevant, immaterial, or cumulative;
- (j) If appropriate or necessary to exclude persons or counsel from participation in hearings for refusing any proper request for information or documentary evidence, or for contumacious conduct;
- (k) To grant continuances or reschedule hearings for good cause shown;
- (l) To consider and decide procedural matters;
- (m) **To take any other actions authorized by the regulations in this part.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 533, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012; Secretary's Order No. 01-2020.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[29 FR 8264, July 1, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 8025, Feb. 5, 2013]