OAR 812-009-0440: Appeal Committee Meeting

(1) At the meeting of the Board’s Appeal Committee, the Committee will consider documentary evidence received at the hearing and exceptions and written or oral argument for or against the proposed order, but the Committee will not consider new or additional evidence. (2) The Committee may limit the time allowed for oral argument by a party before the Committee to five minutes. (3) After hearing oral argument, the Committee may conduct its deliberations privately, under authority of ORS 192.690(1). If the Committee conducts its deliberations privately, it will return to public meeting for any motions and voting. (4) The Committee may affirm the proposed order and findings of fact, modify either or both, or send the case back to the Office of Administrative Hearings for a new hearing or to the agency for further processing. Unless the case is sent back to a new hearing, the agency will issue a final order after the Committee meeting. (5) Final orders are subject to judicial review as set forth in ORS Chapter 183.