---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 702.52"
title: "45"
number: "702.52"
heading: "Open meeting requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/702.52"
---

# §702.52. Open meeting requirements.

- (a) Every portion of every Commission meeting shall be open to public observation, except as provided in [§ 702.53](/cfr/45/702.53.md) of this subpart. Commissioners shall not jointly conduct or dispose of agency business other than in accordance with this subpart.
- (b) This subpart gives the public the right to attend and observe Commission open meetings; it confers no right to participate in any way in such meetings.
- (c) The Staff Director shall be responsible for making physical arrangements for Commission open meetings that provide ample space, sufficient visibility, and adequate acoustics for public observation.
- (d) The presiding Commissioner at an open meeting may exclude persons from a meeting and shall take all steps necessary to preserve order and decorum.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1975, 1975a, 1975b.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 70482, Nov. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.