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<section number="13-1146" name="Order of proceedings" law="code" slug="sec-13-1146" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV15ADHE_SD4HEPR_S13-1146ORPR">
  <text>Subject to modification by an administrative hearing officer for good cause, all hearings shall be conducted in the following order:</text>
  <level label="a">
    <text>presentation and argument of motions preliminary to a hearing on the merits;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>presentation of opening statements, if any;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>charging agency's case in chief;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>respondent's case in chief;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>charging agency's case in rebuttal;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>charging agency's closing argument;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>respondent's closing argument; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>charging agency's rebuttal closing, if necessary.</text>
  </level>
</section>
