---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 708.7"
title: "45"
number: "708.7"
heading: "Hearing procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/708.7"
---

# §708.7. Hearing procedures.

- (a) If an employee timely files a petition for a hearing under [§ 708.6](/cfr/45/708.6.md), the Deputy Staff Director shall select the time, date, and location for the hearing.
- (b) The hearing shall be conducted by an impartial hearing official.
- (c) The Commission, as the creditor agency, will have the burden of proving the existence of the debt.
- (d) The employee requesting the hearing shall have the burden of proof to demonstrate that the existence or amount of the debt is in error.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514.

### Source

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