Record Required. The Secretary shall prepare an official record of each hearing. Contents. The record shall consist of: All documents giving rise to the proceeding; All requests for hearing; All notices of proceedings; All prehearing orders; All questions; All motions, pleadings, petitions, and requests and the ruling on each; All briefs and memoranda; All documentary and tangible evidence received or considered; A statement of each fact of which official notice is taken; Each proffer of proof and the ruling on the proffer; Each objection and the ruling on the objection; Any staff memorandum submitted to an individual involved in the decision-making process by an official or employee of the Department who is not authorized to participate in the decision-making process; All matters placed on the record after an ex parte communication; Each proposed finding of fact, conclusion of law, and order proposed by a party or the presiding officer; Each exception to a proposed finding of fact, conclusion of law, or order proposed by the presiding officer; Each intermediate, proposed, and final ruling or order, including each report or opinion issued in connection with that ruling or order; and The recording of the hearing and, if made, of any prehearing proceeding, and any transcript made of the recording.