OAR 438-085-0815: Record and Transcript of Hearing

(1) A verbatim record shall be made of the hearing, including all motions, rulings and testimony. Reporters’ hearing and transcript fees shall be paid by the Board, except as provided in subsection (3) of this rule. (2) At any time before the Administrative Law Judge’s decision becomes final, the Administrative Law Judge may order a full or partial transcript of the hearing record. (3) At any time before the reporter’s notes or recordings of the hearing are destroyed, any person may order a transcript at that person’s expense, except that prior to closure of the evidentiary record, in a case where witnesses have been excluded, no party may obtain, and the reporter or reporting firm shall not provide, any transcript of witness testimony or portion thereof without prior authorization by the Administrative Law Judge. (4) When the record of a case is forwarded to the Court of Appeals for judicial review pursuant to ORS 183.482(4), each party shall be served with a copy of the record, excepting exhibits. (5) Reporters’ notes or records of a hearing may be destroyed six months after final disposition of the case by the Administrative Law Judge or court.