---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.317"
title: "43"
number: "4.317"
heading: "Standards of conduct."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.317"
---

# §4.317. Standards of conduct.

- (a) **Inquiries about cases.** Except for ex parte communications that are prohibited under [43 CFR 4.27](/cfr/43/4.27.md), all inquiries by a party to a matter pending before the Board should be directed to the Board's clerk, and all inquiries by a non-party to a matter pending before the Board should be directed to the chief administrative judge of the Board or the administrative judge assigned the matter.
- (b) **Disqualification.** An administrative judge may withdraw from a case in accordance with standards found in the recognized canons of judicial ethics if the judge deems this action appropriate. If, before a decision of the Board, a party files an affidavit of personal bias or disqualification with substantiating facts, and the administrative judge concerned does not withdraw, the OHA Director will determine the matter of disqualification.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 11825, Mar. 9, 2005, as amended at 90 FR 2412, Jan. 10, 2025]

### Source

Source: 70 FR 11825, Mar. 9, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372-74, 410; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 11825, Mar. 9, 2005, as amended at 90 FR 2412, Jan. 10, 2025]