Sec.17a-636-43. General provisions

(a) Order of presentation. Order of presentation shall be determined by the presiding officer at the time of the hearing.

(b) Limiting number of witnesses. To avoid unnecessary cumulative evidence, the presiding officer may limit the number of witnesses or the time for testimony upon a particular issue in the course of any hearing.

(c) Prefilling of testimony. The presiding officer may require any party or other participant that proposes to offer substantive, technical or expert testimony to prefile such testimony in written form before or during the public hearing as the presiding officer shall direct. Such prefiled written testimony may subsequently be received in evidence.

(d) Improper conduct. The presiding officer may exclude from the hearing room or from further participation in the proceedings any person who engages in improper conduct during the hearing.

(Effective June 1, 1992)