---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 845.7"
title: "49"
number: "845.7"
heading: "Hearing officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/845.7"
---

# §845.7. Hearing officer.


The investigative hearing officer, upon designation by the NTSB Chairman or a Board Member designated by the Chairman, shall have the following powers:

- (a) To give notice concerning the time and place of investigative hearing;
- (b) To administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses; and
- (c) **To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of documents.** The investigative hearing officer may, in consultation with the chairman of the board of inquiry and the NTSB Managing Director, add witnesses until the time of the prehearing conference.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 515, Pub. L. 106-554, App. C, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-153 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note); 49 U.S.C. 1112, 1113(f), 1116, 1131, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 80287, Dec. 24, 2015, unless otherwise noted.