---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.241"
title: "47"
number: "1.241"
heading: "Designation of presiding officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.241"
---

# §1.241. Designation of presiding officer.

- (a) Hearing proceedings will be conducted by a presiding officer. The designated presiding officer will be identified in the order designating a matter for hearing. Only the Commission, one or more commissioners, or an administrative law judge designated pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md) may be designated as a presiding officer. Unless otherwise stated, the term presiding officer will include the Commission when the Commission designates itself to preside over a hearing proceeding.
- (b) If a presiding officer becomes unavailable during the course of a hearing proceeding, another presiding officer will be designated.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 63176, Oct. 6, 2020]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12425, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 63176, Oct. 6, 2020]