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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 14.09.01.07" title_num="14" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="01" heading="Powers and Duties of Commissioners.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A Commissioner shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conduct a full, fair, and impartial hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Take action to avoid unnecessary delay in the disposition of the proceedings; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Maintain order.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A Commissioner has the power to regulate the course of the hearing and the conduct of the parties and authorized representatives, including but not limited to, the power to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Administer oaths and affirmations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Issue subpoenas for witnesses and the production of evidence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant and material evidence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Consider and rule upon motions and requests;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Examine witnesses and call witnesses as necessary to ensure a full and complete record;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Limit repetitious testimony and reasonably limit the time for presentations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Grant a continuance of a hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Issue orders as are necessary to secure procedural simplicity and administrative fairness and to eliminate unjustifiable expense and delay;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Conduct the hearing in a manner suited to ascertain the facts and safeguard the rights of the parties to the hearing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Impose appropriate sanctions for the failure to abide by this chapter or any lawful order of the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>