An individual must meet, at a minimum, the following criteria to be placed on the department's list of hearing officers:
have at least five years of experience practicing law and hold a current license to practice law in the state of Minnesota; and
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.
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.
L 2003 1Sp9 art 3 s 19
28 SR 1292
October 12, 2007
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes