Minnesota Administrative Rules

3525.4010 HEARING OFFICERS.

Subpart 1.

Criteria for selection.

An individual must meet, at a minimum, the following criteria to be placed on the department's list of hearing officers:

A.

have at least five years of experience practicing law and hold a current license to practice law in the state of Minnesota; and

B.

have litigation experience and an understanding of administrative law.

Subp. 2.

Standards of conduct.

Hearing officers are expected to follow the Professionalism Aspirations for Judges, Referees, and Administrative Law Judges to Lawyers and Parties, as promulgated by the Minnesota Supreme Court, January 2001.

Subp. 3.

Evaluation.

The department will collect and maintain data on the hearing system which must include, at a minimum: the number of hearing requests, the method of resolving hearings, and participant evaluation of the process and outcome.

Statutory Authority:

L 2003 1Sp9 art 3 s 19

History:

28 SR 1292

Published Electronically:

October 12, 2007