---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.42"
title: "45"
number: "1149.42"
heading: "What does a protective order protect?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.42"
---

# §1149.42. What does a protective order protect?


In issuing a protective order, the ALJ may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including one or more of the following:

- (a) That the discovery not be had;
- (b) That the discovery may be had only under specified terms and conditions, including a designation of the time or place;
- (c) That the discovery may be had only through a different method of discovery than requested;
- (d) That certain matters are not inquired into, or that the scope of discovery is limited to certain matters;
- (e) That only those persons designated by the ALJ may be present during discovery;
- (f) That the contents of the discovery or evidence are sealed;
- (g) That a sealed deposition is opened only by order of the ALJ;
- (h) That a trade secret or other confidential research, development, commercial information, or facts pertaining to any criminal investigation, proceeding, or other administrative investigation not be disclosed or be disclosed only in a designated way; or
- (i) That the parties simultaneously file specified documents or information enclosed in sealed envelopes to be opened as directed by the ALJ.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted.