---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 99.2"
title: "45"
number: "99.2"
heading: "Presiding officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/99.2"
---

# §99.2. Presiding officer.

- (a)
  - (1) The presiding officer at a hearing shall be the Assistant Secretary or the Assistant Secretary's designee.
  - (2) The designation of the presiding officer shall be in writing. A copy of the designation shall be served on all parties.
- (b) The presiding officer, for all hearings, shall be bound by all applicable laws and regulations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 618, 9858.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 34428, Aug. 4, 1992, unless otherwise noted.