---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 213.23"
title: "45"
number: "213.23"
heading: "Rights of parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/213.23"
---

# §213.23. Rights of parties.


All parties may:

- (a) **Appear by counsel or other authorized representative, in all hearing proceedings.**
- (b) **Participate in any prehearing conference held by the presiding officer.**
- (c) Agree to stipulations as to facts which will be made a part of the record.
- (d) **Make opening statements at the hearing.**
- (e) **Present relevant evidence on the issues at the hearing.**
- (f) Present witnesses who then must be available for cross-examination by all other parties.
- (g) **Present oral arguments at the hearing.**
- (h) **Submit written briefs, proposed findings of fact, and proposed conclusions of law, after the hearing.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1102, 49 Stat. 647; 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 1454, Jan. 29, 1971, unless otherwise noted.