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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 3. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Agency 5. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
Chapter 10. Procedural Rules for the Conduct of Hearings Before the Board and Its Hearing Officers
11/21/2024

3VAC5-10-110. Hearing officers.

A. Hearing officers are charged with the duty of conducting fair and impartial hearings and of maintaining order in a form and manner consistent with the dignity of the board.

B. Each hearing officer shall have authority, subject to the published rules of the board and within its powers, to:

1. Administer oaths and affirmations;

2. Issue subpoenas as authorized by law;

3. Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant and material evidence;

4. Take or cause depositions and interrogatories to be taken, directed and issued;

5. Examine witnesses and otherwise regulate the course of the hearing;

6. Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of issues by consent of interested parties;

7. Dispose of procedural requests and similar matters;

8. Amend the issues or add new issues provided the applicant or licensee expressly waives notice thereof. The waiver shall be made a part of the stenographic report of the hearing;

9. Submit initial decisions to the board and to other interested parties or their representatives; and

10. Take any other action authorized by the rules of the board.

Statutory Authority

§§ 4.1-103 and 4.1-111 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR125-01-1 § 1.11, eff. December 12, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 6, eff. January 21, 1988; Volume 5, Issue 2, eff. November 24, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 2, eff. November 23, 1989; Volume 8, Issue 6, eff. January 15, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 11, eff. March 23, 1994.

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